The 3.8-magnitude event didn’t seem to cause any major damage or injuries right away.
Monday morning, there was a small earthquake in Western New York, which scared people who are used to blizzards.
The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said had a magnitude of 3.8, happened at 6:15 a.m. near West Seneca, N.Y., which is a suburb just southeast of downtown Buffalo.
Monday morning, there was a small earthquake in Western New York, which scared people who are used to blizzards.
The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said had a magnitude of 3.8, happened at 6:15 a.m. near West Seneca, N.Y., which is a suburb just southeast of downtown Buffalo.
The U.S.G.S. says that there are “moderately frequent” earthquakes in southern Ontario and western New York. There have been reports of these earthquakes as far back as 1840. The biggest one, with a magnitude of 4.8, happened near Attica, New York, in 1929.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said that her office was keeping an eye out for reports of damage, but some local officials were not too worried about the quake.
