Felt the earthquake this morning -- 6:52 AM by my clock. Shook things quite a bit, but no damage. I realize it's not a big deal to people in California (Hi Peter, Marc, anyone else out there!), but it's only the third or fourth I've ever felt, and it's definitely in the news.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake in NEW YORK has occurred at:
44.51N 73.66W Depth 5km Sat Apr 20 10:50:44 2002 UTC
Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sat Apr 20 10:50:44 2002
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Sat Apr 20 06:50:44 2002
Central Daylight Time (CDT) Sat Apr 20 05:50:44 2002
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Sat Apr 20 04:50:44 2002
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Sat Apr 20 03:50:44 2002
Alaska Daylight Time (ADT) Sat Apr 20 02:50:44 2002
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Sat Apr 20 00:50:44 2002
Location with respect to nearby cities:
15 miles (25 km) SW of Plattsburgh, New York (pop 21,000)
20 miles (35 km) W of Burlington, Vermont (pop 39,000)
55 miles (90 km) WNW of MONTPELIER, Vermont (pop 8,000)
130 miles (205 km) N of ALBANY, New York
More info at http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_deam.html
Here's a link with a nice map showing how people interpreted how strong the quake felt: http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ne/STORE/Xdeam/ciim_display.html
Saturday, April 20, 2002
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