Earthquakes in divers places....
SMALL QUAKE SHAKES JUMPY NEW YORKERS
New York--A minor earthquake shook the New York City area early Saturday (10-28-01), rattling the nerves of the residents still jumpy in the wake of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack.
While some slept through the 2.6-magnitude quake, others flooded the Police Dept. with frantic calls. No injuries or damages were reported.
The temblor occurred around 1:42 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological survey. The epicenter was located 10 milies east of Newark, N.J.
The last mildly significant natural seimic event to strike N.Y. city was a magnitude-2.4 earthquake on January 17, 2001. --adapted from the Riverside Calif. Press-Enterprise, Oct. 26, 2001.
Suzanne