Washington County Earthquake October 15th, 2019
Apparently earthquakes in Pennsylvania aren't that uncommon. South Franklin Township (Washington County) had a 2.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday morning at 3 a.m. Here is the USGS list for earthquakes in 2019 in Pennsylvania:
February 26-Shippensburg (Franklin & Cumberland) 1.1 magnitude
March 18-Whitfield (Berks) 1.1
April 10-Whitfield (Berks) 1.6 magnitude
April 11-Wernersville (Berks) 1.0 magnitude
June 13-Mifflintown (Juniata) 1.3 magnitude
June 13-Mifflintown (Juniata) 3.4 magnitude
July 19-Spring Ridge (Berks) 2.2 magnitude
August 18-Exton (Chester) 1.1 magnitude
August 20-East Petersburg (Lancaster) 1.0 magnitude
August 20-Wellsboro (Tioga) 2.3 magnitude (mining explosion)
August 27-Stormstown (Centre) 1.2 magnitude
September 15-East Berlin (Adams) 2.8
October 15th-South Franklin Twp (Washington) 2.2 magnitude
For more earthquake information visit the USGS earthquakes event page.
Another useful website for tracking earthquakes is earthquaketrack.com.
For more earthquake information visit the USGS earthquakes event page.
Another useful website for tracking earthquakes is earthquaketrack.com.