Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Five small New Jersey quakes in the last three weeks

Map of epicenters above, and list of events below, from the New Jersey Geological Survey.

1 km SSE of Dover, NJ on 2-18-2009, 1:42am (EST), Magnitude 2.3, Depth 4 km, Latitude 40.868 N and Longitude 74.551 W.

1 km ESE of Oradell, NJ on 2-16-2009, 2:38pm (EST), Magnitude 1.4, Depth 7 km, Latitude 40.948 N and Longitude 74.022 W.

3 km SSW of Kinnelon, NJ on 2-16-2009, 1:18pm (EST), Magnitude 1.1, Depth 2 km, Latitude 40.963 N and Longitude 74.389 W.

5 km NNE of Boonton, NJ on 2-14-2009, 5:22pm (EST), Magnitude 2.4, Depth 2 km, Latitude 40.948 N and Longitude 74.392 W.

Posted by Rob Sternberg at 5:25 PM
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    I only count 4. :)

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  2. Ron SchottFebruary 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Woohoo!!! I grew up in Oradell, NJ! Felt my first earthquake there, too, back in the mid-1980's.

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