On February 6, a 3.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded near Buffalo, New York, according to the television channel. NBC. The hearth lay at a depth of three kilometers.
The TV channel states that this is the strongest earthquake recorded in this region in the last 40 years.
Erie County Administrator Mark Polonkartz said no reports of casualties or damage were received.
Yaareb Altavil, a seismologist at the National Earthquake Information Center, said northeast earthquakes “occur all the time” and can happen anywhere at any time.
The channel noted that the West Seneca region has experienced 24 earthquakes of magnitude greater than 2.5 since 1983, but the strongest of them occurred on Monday.
Reported at the end of January. that the US Navy suspend repair and dismantling of old nuclear submarines due to earthquake hazard.