\u201cIt felt like a car hit my house in Buffalo. I jumped out of bed,\u201d Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said of Monday’s 3.8-magnitude quake.<\/p>\n
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning near Buffalo, New York, the strongest recorded in the area in 40 years.<\/p>\n
The quake hit 1.24 miles east-northeast of West Seneca, New York, with a depth of 1.86 miles, around 6:15 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said no damage had been reported so far in West Seneca, a suburb of Buffalo near the U.S.-Canada border.<\/p>\n
He said he had spoken with the deputy commissioner of the Erie County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Gregory J. Butcher, who said a \u201cconfirmed quake was felt as far north as Niagara Falls and south to Orchard Park.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt like a car hit my house in Buffalo. I jumped out of bed,\u201d Poloncarz said.<\/p>\n
Yaareb Altaweel, a seismologist at the National Earthquake Information Center, said Northeast earthquakes \u201chappen all the time\u201d and quakes can strike anywhere at any time.<\/p>\n
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