Was There An Earthquake This Evening?

[sfc_oliver]

I'm confused, the WKBN story seems to differ from The Vindicator regarding the location or is it that they are giving the same location in different words? 

Small quake shakes Valley

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/sep/30/small-quake-shakes-valley/

Seems as though the Vindy was pretty vague on the location. WKBN was more specific... My Brother called from the west side to ask if we felt it. I didn't feel a thing in Lowellville.

[stewie]

Fracking? Ya gotta think that it would have some effect on the plates. A pretty major fault runs from Lake erie all the way down south.

[Towntalk]

  I'm confused, the WKBN story seems to differ from The Vindicator regarding the location or is it that they are giving the same location in different words? 

Small quake shakes Valley

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/sep/30/small-quake-shakes-valley/

[Towntalk]

Another Earthquake Shakes Valley


For the sixth time this year, an earthquake centered around the Mahoning River west of Youngstown shook the Valley.

The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed a 2.5-magnitude earthquake centered in the Mineral Ridge area occurred at 8:53 p.m. The tremor's epicenter was 1 mile southwest of McDonald and 6 miles northwest of Youngstown.

The earthquake spanned a 7.5-mile area and was 1.8 miles in depth, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Calls started flooding the newsroom just before 9 p.m. from residents in Girard and McDonald, as well as residents on the North Side of Youngstown. Reports also came in from Boardman, Liberty and Youngstown's East Side. A woman from Girard said items fell off their shelves in her basement.

Other callers said they heard a loud "boom" and felt their house shake.

A 2.6-magnitude earthquake centered around the Brier Hill area occurred about 9 p.m. Sunday. On Sept. 2, a 2.2-magnitude tremor occurred in about the same area.

On Aug. 25, a 2.4-magnitude earthquake hit a little further west, just two days after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Virginia and was felt in Ohio and Pennsylvania. A 2.2-magnitude earthquake occurred Aug. 22 in almost the same exact area.

A 2.6-magnitude tremor occurred March 17 on the border of Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

Source – WKBN TV

[jay]

Sometime around 9:00 p.m. this evening I heard a large thump and the house shook.  Was that an earthquake?