NEW YORK — A rare 3.8 magnitude tremor struck the Buffalo, New York area early Monday.
Initial data from the US Geological Survey indicated that the quake struck about 1.24 miles east-northeast of West Seneca at around 6:15 am How many people would have felt it? Nearly 3,000 residents, according to the USGS.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office wrote about the quake on Twitter and said no damage had been reported. No injuries were reported either. However, some noticed the tremor.
The tremor in this area of New York came after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rattled wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing at least 1,500 people.
It’s been some time since the New York area experienced a magnitude 3.8 quake or something like that. Rochester reported a magnitude 2.6 nearly three years ago, but that quake saw far fewer reports of tremors, according to Spectrum.
