When I was in my senior year of college, I was in my room and it felt like a truck hit our house. Found out later it was a 5.0 earthquake, whose epicenter was around 65 miles away.
34 years ago today, you likely felt the 1986 5.0 magnitude earthquake
Posted at 9:39 AM, Jan 31, 2020
CLEVELAND — Just before 11:47 a.m. on this day in 1986, a 4.96 magnitude earthquake, commonly rounded up to 5.0, happened about 24 miles east of Cleveland in southern Lake County, just north of the Geauga-Lake County line, according to The Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The earthquake was felt over a large area including 11 states, parts of Canada and the District of Columbia.
When the earthquake hit, the greatest concern was towards the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County. While it wasn’t operating at the time of the earthquake, it was scheduled to load fuel rods on the following day.
Today, it’s happened twice in places about 225 miles away from each other.
Scientists say these earthquakes have nothing to do with the tragedy unfolding in Japan.
Different fault lines altogether.
By ELIZABETH KEOGH | ekeogh@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News and THOMAS TRACY | ttracy@nydailynews.com | New York Daily NewsPUBLISHED: January 2, 2024 at 8:29 a.m. | UPDATED: January 2, 2024 at 5:04 p.m.An earthquake rattled parts of Queens on Tuesday morning at almost the same time a series of underground explosions were reported on Roosevelt Island, city officials said.
The magnitude-1.7 earthquake hit Astoria just after 5:45 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It received 276 notifications from concerned people, mostly within about 30 miles from the epicenter. One individual reported feeling the quake as far as Guilford, Conn., about 75 miles from Astoria, according to the agency.
Residents of both Manhattan and Queens reported hearing multiple explosions just before 6 a.m. centered on Main St. on Roosevelt Island just south of the Roosevelt Island Bridge to Queens. Callers said at least one building near the explosion shook, according to an FDNY spokesman.
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Residents near epicenter of Rockville, Maryland, earthquake describe shaky ground
BY ROHAN MATTU, PAUL GESSLER
UPDATED ON: JANUARY 2, 2024 / 3:58 PM EST / CBS BALTIMORE
- BALTIMORE -- Did you feel the ground shake?
A small-magnitude earthquake shook the Washington, D.C. suburb of Rockville, Maryland early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
A 2.3 magnitude earthquake happened shortly before 1 a.m. at a depth of about 9.5 miles about 2 miles west of Rockville.
No damage or injuries have been reported, but nearly 2,000 people, from six states and Washington, D.C., reported feeling the earthquake to the USGS, including people in Baltimore, and as far away as Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Rockville resident Audrey Jan told WJZ she felt the ground move early in the morning.
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"It was just a little shake, not much," Jan said. "Just make you think, maybe I had a little too much to drink or something."