A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rocked New York Friday night. The earthquake could be felt throughout Jefferson County.
Lake Ontario was the epicenter of the earthquake, which is about nine miles outside of Henderson in Jefferson County and 50 miles north of Syracuse.
The earthquake occurred at 11:45 pm on Friday, June 28, with a depth of 10.0 km.
Those living in parts of Canada along with central and northern New York could feel the shake of the earthquake.
Several residents reported feeling the earth shake but mistook the shaking for thunder, CBS affiliate WIVB reported.
No one has been injured during the earthquake, officials reported.
Last April, an earthquake with a 3.6 magnitude hit the same area, centered on land in Adams, a town in Jefferson County.
Following the last earthquake, dozens of aftershocks could be felt in the surrounding area. Last Wednesday, an earthquake struck the Poughkeepsie region, 200 miles south of Jefferson County.
The 2.1-magnitude earthquake slightly shook the area, but no damages were reported, per CW affiliate WPIX-TV.
However, Those two earthquakes pale compared to a recent earthquake that hit the tri-state area in April.
New York, a state not accustomed to high-magnitude earthquakes, was rattled by a 4.8-magnitude quake.
Gladstone, New Jersey, a town about 40 miles outside of New York City, was the epicenter of the stunning earthquake.
Those living in the tri-state area felt the world around them tremble, and they did not know what to make of it.
New Yorkers were shocked when they felt the earthquake hit, and over 120,000 citizens posted in USGS’s Did You Feel It? forum.
April’s earthquake was the area’s largest earthquake in over 140 years, with an estimated 42 million people reportedly feeling the effects and the several aftershocks that followed.
