The 3.8-magnitude incident did not appear to have caused any significant damage or injuries. As preliminary information, the Geological Survey reported a 3.8-magnitude earthquake with a 6:15 a.m. epicenter.
A little earthquake shocked folks in Western New York, a region more accustomed to blizzards, on Monday morning. On Monday morning, a tiny quake jolted Buffalo and western New York, alarming locals in an area unaccustomed to such shocks but causing no significant damage. The US Geological Survey detected a 3.8-magnitude incident east of the region in the West Seneca area at about 6:15 a.m.
According to seismologist Yaareb Altaweel, it matched the intensity of the region’s largest earthquake in 40 years of data, a 3.8 quake observed in November 1999. According to the US Geological Survey, the 3.8 magnitude quake happened around 6:15 a.m. near West Seneca, N.Y., a suburb just southeast of downtown Buffalo.
“At 3.8 on the scale, it’s not very large. However, the crust of that region is ancient. Due to its age, coolness, and superior ability to transmit seismic vibrations compared to sedimentary areas, people can feel it more intensely. Because of this, a disaster with a magnitude of 1.0 can still be felt in some places.
A 3.8-magnitude quake was described by Altaweel as “not a huge earthquake that you’d expect harm from.” He continued by saying that because of existing fault lines and fractures, quakes can occur thus far inland. Altaweel claimed that the shock was not at all unusual. It happens a lot, I’d guess. One was recorded in March 2022, a 2.6. Two more were added in 2020. These still occur on a minor scale here.
Even though the quake’s epicenter was more than 70 miles west of Rochester, Alex Hatem, a geologist with the US Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado, confirmed that it did reverberate here. She stated that quakes are measured in two ways. The first is measured in magnitude, while the second is in intensity — that is, how much the ground shakes. On September 5, 1944, the state’s most significant horror incident was reported, having an epicenter near Massena in St. Lawrence County. From Canada to Maryland, and from Indiana to Maine, the 5.8-magnitude of the calamity was felt. It caused $2 million in damage in Canada’s Massena and Cornwall.
At approximately 6:15 a.m., the US Geological Survey reported a 3.8 magnitude quake centered east of Buffalo in the West Seneca area. According to seismologist Yaareb Altaweel, the quake was the strongest in Buffalo in at least 40 years.”It felt like a car hit my house in the region.
The incident Canada recorded a 4.2 magnitude incident that was felt slightly in southern Ontario.
Small quakes are common in upstate New York but rarely felt as powerfully as this one.
The earthquake follows two record-breaking weather disasters in the region: a snowfall that fell up to 7 feet of snow in November and a blizzard that killed 47 people in December.
It felt like a car had slammed into my Buffalo home. I leaped out of bed, said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Twitter.
County emergency services authorities confirmed the earthquake was felt in at least a 30-mile radius, including Niagara Falls, some 20 miles north of Buffalo, he added.
Earthquake Canada stated that the 4.2 magnitude incident was felt slightly in southern Ontario.
Small earthquakes are common in upstate New York, but they are rarely felt as powerfully. The earthquake follows two record-breaking weather disasters in the region: a snowfall that fell up to 7 feet of snow in November and a blizzard in December that killed 47 people.
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