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Article has descriptions of what they thought was an "explosion".
sauce: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Earthquake-shakes-Glens-Falls-USGS-says-15122281.php
SOUTH GLENS FALLS - The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.1-magnitude earthquake occurred Wednesday morning in the Glens Falls area.
The quake could be felt in at least parts of Saratoga County, where homes shook, witnesses said. No sustained rattling was reported and the earthquake was over in an instant, witnesses said.
The quake happened at 6:43 a.m. and the epicenter appears to be in South Glens Falls.
A 3.1-magnitude quake is considered "minor" on the Richter scale spectrum. It is described as a quake that will be "felt by many people" with no damage to buildings.
Jayne Snyder was in the shower when the earthquake hit.
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SOUTH GLENS FALLS - The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.1-magnitude earthquake occurred Wednesday morning in the Glens Falls area.
The quake could be felt in at least parts of Saratoga County, where homes shook, witnesses said. No sustained rattling was reported and the earthquake was over in an instant, witnesses said.
The quake happened at 6:43 a.m. and the epicenter appears to be in South Glens Falls.
A 3.1-magnitude quake is considered "minor" on the Richter scale spectrum. It is described as a quake that will be "felt by many people" with no damage to buildings.
Jayne Snyder was in the shower when the earthquake hit.
“I thought my fridge blew up,” she said. “It was a loud explosion and my whole house shook.”
Faith Nelson was a work when the rattling started.
“My neighbor called me and said my dogs were barking like crazy so I have to go check on my house and make sure they’re OK,” she said as she stopped for coffee at Stewart’s on Main Street.
The quake was felt in at least Warren, Washington and Saratoga counties.
"Whole house shook," said Christine Wright, a Times Union employee who lives in Saratoga County.
"There was a rumbling noise and the house shook - it sounded and felt like when a snowplow drops the plow when they are going around the cul-de-sac, but no snow today," Wright wrote on Twitter. "Then I thought maybe a tree fell on our house, but no tree! Dog barked like crazy!!"
An eastside resident of Saratoga Springs said it "felt like an explosion …. or a huge over-limit truck was driving by." The resident said it lasted only a second.
Like the rest of the Northeast, upstate New York is not an area of major earthquake activity. But quakes have been felt here over the years.
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