A fairly strong earthquake occurred in New York: this rarely happens in the state

A magnitude 6 earthquake hit Erie County on the morning of February 3,8. No damage or casualties were reported, but people, of course, got scared, writes buffalo news.

“I heard a loud bang and then the building started shaking,” said Jorge Luis Vega, who lives on Doat Street in Buffalo. - I live on the third floor. And it seemed to me that the woman from above took the mattress and hit it against the wall. It scared me a lot.”

The USGS reported a magnitude 3,8 earthquake at 6:15 am centered on the northeastern edge of West Seneca. The Canadian public earthquake service Earthquakes Canada initially reported a magnitude 4,2 quake.

“At this point, I am relieved that there are no casualties or major property damage,” said Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. "It's certainly a relief."

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Jim Lipuma, another resident of the city, said that a strong vibration shook the entire house.

“We got up to see if the car had crashed into the house or something like that. That's what it was like," said Lipuma. At his neighbor's house, seven bricks from the chimney fell to the ground.

According to Michel Bruno, professor of structural engineering at the University of Buffalo, the quake did not cause public concern.

Earthquakes in Western New York are frequent, but weak and subtle, he said.

“Earthquakes happen here all the time,” Bruno said. - They are usually small - 1,7, 2,3, 2,9. But bigger ones happen from time to time.”

But magnitude 3,8 quakes are still not exceptional, he said.

“There are literally tens of thousands of earthquakes of magnitude 3,8 a year in the world,” Bruno said.

According to him, the strongest earthquake in Western New York in the last century occurred in 1929. Then in Attica there were shocks of magnitude 4,8.

Erie County Executive Mark Polonkarz said shortly after 6:30 a.m. he spoke with the county's emergency response department. He confirmed that the quake “was felt as far north as Niagara Falls and as far south as Orchard Park.”

West Seneca chief executive Gary Dixon said the windows in his home were shaking. And the first thought was that the transformer exploded or a large truck had an accident in front of his house. He went outside to check, but found nothing.

According to Dixon, West Seneca police received no damage reports, and there was no power outage anywhere.

A much stronger earthquake with horrific consequences occurred in Turkey and Syria on Monday night. Thousands of people died.