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Microquake in Lake Ontario

Tiny earthquake near Rochester
(WGRZ)

Buffalo, NY — BUFFALO,NY-- According to the USGS a microquake was recorded Friday morning morning near thecenter of Lake Ontario about 35 miles from the shoreline, northeast of Rochester.

The quake registered a 1.5 on the Richter Scale.

Many tiny faults do exist under Lake Ontario and tiny quakes like these are not uncommon.

One thing for sure is that a microquake of this size could not be felt unless you happen to be directly over the epicenter.

Most quakes cannot be felt if they are under a magnitude of 2.5. To put this into perspective a magnitude 2.5 earthquake releases 32 times the energy of a 1.5 earthquake.

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