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Related: About this forumUSGS: ‘Micro-Earthquake’ Hits Hudson Valley
?w=620&h=349&crop=1HUDSON HIGHLANDS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) Whats being called a micro-earthquake struck Saturday morning under the Hudson Highlands in the Hudson Valley.
Seismologists said the quake registered at a 2.5 magnitude when it hit at around 10:46 a.m. It was about 3 miles below ground, they said.
The micro-earthquake was centered just a few miles north of Peekskill along the Appalachian Trail, about 13 miles southeast of Newburgh, and 23 miles from White Plains, CBS 2 reported.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/05/usgs-micro-earthquake-hits-hudson-valley/
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USGS: ‘Micro-Earthquake’ Hits Hudson Valley (Original Post)
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
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Historic NY
(37,454 posts)1. Its was actually 2k from Highland Falls...
next to West Point on the west side of the Hudson....
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ld60072806#summary
Peekskill would have put it near the Indian Point reactor.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. God help us all if it were near indian point.
littlemissmartypants
(22,839 posts)3. Curious if there is any fracking close by...? nt
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. No it is banned in this state right now.
littlemissmartypants
(22,839 posts)5. Good. Let's hope it stays that way.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)6. Well the courts just ruled thwt local municipalities have the right to ban fracking as well.
So if Cuomo lifts the ban after the election most areas said no already.
littlemissmartypants
(22,839 posts)7. Don't get to comfortable with that notion. nt
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)8. I don't trust Cuomo and expect him to change his opinion after the election.