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Small earthquake felt in Butler

William Westhoven | @WWesthoven13 hours ago

Butler police received several calls from residents who felt a small earthquake Monday night in northern New Jersey.

“Yes, we got a bunch of calls about it, between 9:30 and 10:30,” Butler Police Lt. Mike Moore said.
The 1.0 magnitude quake, which was registered by the USGS at 10:01 p.m., was centered near the eastern shore of the Wanaque Reservoir in Wanaque, about six miles from the Morris County borders of Butler and Riverdale, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A Riverdale police dispatcher said his department had not received any calls from residents who felt a tremor.

Minor quakes are common in this area along the Ramapo Fault line. The most recent previous quake — a 1.1 magnitude felt in Kinnelon and Butler — occurred at 4:06 a.m. on July 4, at a depth of two kilometers and occurring about one kilometer east southeast of Kinnelon, according to the USGS.
Three more minor earthquakes jolted northern Morris County on Feb. 21, three days after a larger quake was felt in the same area. The epicenter of those earthquakes was about 1 mile northeast of Kinnelon. All were minor tremors, the first registering a magnitude of 0.6 at 10:07 a.m., and the second registering a 0.1 at 10:48 a.m. Both of those tremors were estimated to have originated at a depth of 1 mile. A third and final quake registered a 0.2, originating at a depth of 0.3 miles.
The USGS says earthquakes with a magnitude between 1.0 and 3.0 aren’t typically felt. But Butler Police Chief Ciro Chimento previously confirmed his department received more than 1,000 calls about a 1.6-magnitude quake that occurred on the evening of Feb. 18.

Another magnitude-2.07 earthquake also hit northern New Jersey on Jan. 2. Mahwah residents as well as those in New York’s Rockland County also reported feeling that quake.

Earthquakes are generally less frequent and less intense in the northeast compared to the U.S. Pacific Coast, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. But due to geological differences between the regions, earthquakes of similar magnitude affect an area 10 times larger in the Northeast U.S. compared the West Coast.

New Jersey’s largest recorded earthquake occurred in 1783. Felt from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania, that earthquake was estimated at a magnitude of 5.3.

New Jersey has never recorded a fatality due to an earthquake, according to the DEP.
Staff Writer William Westhoven: 973-917-9242; wwesthoven@gannettnj.com