The 6th Seal of New York: 12 Warning Signs (Revelation 6:12)

2.2 Magnitude Quake Is the 12th in a Week

By Jessie Sawyer, Kate Rayner and LeAnne Gendreau. AFP/Getty

Thursday, Jan 15, 2015 • Updated at 9:50 AM EST

The ground shook again in Eastern Connecticut on Thursday morning as the area experienced its 12th earthquake in a week.

On Friday local and state officials will be holding meetings to inform residents and discuss how prepared the state is should a damaging earthquake strike here.

The U.S. Geological Survey listed the earthquake at 4:39 a.m. in the Moosup section of Plainfield as a magnitude-2.2.

It occurred two days after geophysicists from Weston Observatory at Boston College, including Justin Starr, visited the area to investigate the frequent activity and brought seismometers to detect movement in the surface of the earth.

Their goal is to find the epicenter and determine whether eastern Connecticut is experiencing an “earthquake swarm,” similar to one that the Bar Harbor area of Maine experienced several years ago.
Ninth Recent Earthquake in Plainfield Ninth Recent Earthquake in Plainfield Officials say another earthquake hit Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. (Published Tuesday, Jan 13, 2015)

Star said earthquakes are not abnormal from time to time in New England, and they sometimes come as “earthquake swarms,” which he described as several earthquakes in fairly quick succession.
For instance, there were more than 40 earthquakes in the Bar Harbor area of Maine over several weeks in 2006 and 2007, but the activity then died down, Starr said.

“Is this on the same scale as that? Too soon to tell. It may just die down or it may capture a few more quakes, but it’s no surprise to us,” Starr said.

This photo from the New England Seismic Network shows quakes on Jan. 14, 2015.
Earthquakes, centered in Plainfield, have rattled Eastern Connecticut every day for the last four days and 12 times since last Thursday.

On Friday morning, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection will hold a multi-agency briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center to discuss the state’s preparedness should earthquakes continue and begin to cause damage.

Later in the day, a public forum will be held to provide information and answer residents’ questions.
The Board of Selectmen in Plainfield, along with the Plainfield Police Department and Office of Emergency Management will hold an informational session at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 16, at Plainfield High School Auditorium about the earthquakes.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been small earthquakes in New England since colonial times, with moderately damaging quakes happening every few decades and smaller earthquakes around twice per year.

On Wednesday, the area experienced its 10th and 11th earthquakes. The U.S. Geological Survey listed the 6:33 a.m. earthquake in Plainfield as magnitude-2.0. Then, at 8:10 a.m., there was a 1.8 magnitude quake in Plainfield.

Tuesday, the Weston Observatory at Boston College recorded a magnitude 2.1 earthquake, an aftershock from a larger earthquake the day before.

Stronger Earthquake Hits Eastern Connecticut Stronger Earthquake Hits Eastern Connecticut A 3 point 3 magnitude quake knocked pictures off walls and left homeowners more shaken than several smaller quakes that hit the Plainfield area in the last week (Published Monday, Jan 12, 2015)
Tuesday’s quake happened at 7:27 a.m. and was centered about 3 and a half miles south-southwest of Danielson, according to the observatory.

On Monday, there were several earthquakes in the area including a magnitude-3.3 temblor at about 6:30 a.m. that day that was the strongest in the series of quakes. Here is the full list of activity since the beginning of the year.

Earthquake Timeline in January 2015:

1) Jan. 8: 9:28 a.m. — 2.0 magnitude quake, centered in Plainfield
2) Jan. 9: 10:26 a.m. — 0.4 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
3) Jan. 12: 6:33 a.m. — 1.6 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
4) Jan. 12: 6:34 a.m. — 1.5 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
5) Jan. 12: 6:36 a.m. — 3.3 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
6) Jan. 12: 6:50 a.m. — 2.1 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
7) Jan. 12: 12:03 p.m. — 1.7 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
8) Jan. 12: 1:04 p.m. — 1.6 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
9) Jan. 13: 7:27 a.m. — 2.3 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
10) Jan. 14: 6:33 a.m. — 1.8 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield.
11) Jan. 14: 8:10 a.m. — 1.5 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
12) Jan. 15: 4:39 a.m. — 2.2 magnitude earthquake, near Moosup

NYC, Not CT Should Prepare For The Sixth Seal (Rev 6:12)

Connecticut Officials Address Community Worries In Wake Of Recent Earthquakes

January 16, 2015 11:19 PM

 

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) – After a series of earthquakes, rattled residents gathered in an auditorium in Plainfield, Connecticut to find out how to prepare if a bigger one hits.

Plainfield First Selectman Paul E. Sweet and Dr. Alan Kafka, director of the Weston Observatory at Boston College, addressed residents’ concerns while warning that a bigger earthquake is indeed a possibility.

“Is it possible that we would have a larger quake? The answer is yes,” Sweet said.

As CBS2’s Tracee Carrasco reported, state officials spent most of the earlier day Friday in a meeting to come up with a game plan to keep residents safe – treating earthquakes like any natural disaster.

“Whether you’re talking about hurricanes or snowstorms and now earthquakes, it’s all the same kind of common sense policies and practices,” said Commissioner Dora B. Schriro, of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

But that was little comfort to rattled residents who fear another bigger earthquake could strike at any moment.

About a dozen earthquakes have occurred between Plainfield and Danielson in the span of four days — and First Selectman Paul Sweet said people want information.

“We’ve been through floods, we’ve been through hurricanes, we’ve been through tornadoes, but we never had an earthquake,” Sweet told WCBS 880’s Paul Murnane. “Sixty years I’ve been on the planet, I haven’t ever experienced an earthquake and just about everybody who lives in this town has not experienced it. It’s new and there’s a lot of unknown and a lot of anxieties.”

Residents have called 911 more than 300 times following the recent earthquakes in eastern Connecticut.

Seismologists at Boston College’s Weston Observatory said most of the earthquakes have been under 2.0-magnitutde, but residents can still feel them.

“I was sitting in bed drinking my early morning cup of coffee before everybody got up and all of a sudden I heard this loud boom,” said resident Marian Diggs.

As CBS2’s Lou Young reported, scientists said they were surprised by the recent earthquake activity.
Won-Young Kim, a research professor at Lamont-Doherty Observatory in Palisade, New York said the small quakes were not necessarily cause for alarm.

“Not really, because they’re small. One problem is a bunch of earthquakes came within a week,” Kim said.

The observatory sits high on the Palisades. It monitors 40 sensor stations in the Northeast U.S. and scientists said they have never seen earthquake activity in that part of Connecticut before.

The Lake Charles Fault has no history of activity in the decades scientists have been listening. The epicenter for the quakes is half a mile down, making it fairly shallow.

Many said they have never experienced an earthquake in the area, and they want to know why it is happening now.

“There’s something that’s making this thing happen,” said William Tetreault of Plainfield, Connecticut.

At this point, scientists are ruling out manmade causes such as hydraulic fracturing – commonly known as fracking – since none is taking place in the area.

Scriro advised residents fasten bookcases to the wall and water heaters and furnaces to the floor.

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake near the Connecticut-Rhode Island state line on Monday was the strongest New England earthquake since a 4.0-magnitude quake in Maine in 2012. The Monday quake surrendered its title on Thursday, when a 3.4 quake hit and left behind small cracks.

 

While the greatest earthquake activity in the country is in the west, scientists said earthquakes are “quite common” in many areas in the east.

“Even though Connecticut does not have a history of earthquake swarms, they do happen,” Dr. Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics at City University of New York, said on “CBS This Morning.” “The northeast is different from California, there’s no single gash like the San Andreas fault in the northeast, but we have small earthquake faults — deeper, smaller and largely uncharted.”

State geologist Margaret Thomas said the youngest rock formations around the Plainfield faults are nearly 300 million years old and there’s nothing to indicate the area is waking up with a vengeance, WCBS 880’s Paul Murnane reported.

“These quakes have not changed our risk estimates for Connecticut,” Thomas said.

Connecticut’s Insurance Department said quake policies often have deductibles that are based on the percentage of a home’s value and not on a flat dollar amount.

Now may not be the best time to shop — quake policies can be hard to come by during peak periods of seismic activity, Murnane reported.

12 Warnings To New York Of The Sixth Seal (Rev 6:12)

2.2 Magnitude Quake Is the 12th in a Week

By Jessie Sawyer, Kate Rayner and LeAnne Gendreau
AFP/Getty
Thursday, Jan 15, 2015 • Updated at 9:50 AM EST

The ground shook again in Eastern Connecticut on Thursday morning as the area experienced its 12th earthquake in a week.

On Friday local and state officials will be holding meetings to inform residents and discuss how prepared the state is should a damaging earthquake strike here.
The U.S. Geological Survey listed the earthquake at 4:39 a.m. in the Moosup section of Plainfield as a magnitude-2.2.

It occurred two days after geophysicists from Weston Observatory at Boston College, including Justin Starr, visited the area to investigate the frequent activity and brought seismometers to detect movement in the surface of the earth.

Their goal is to find the epicenter and determine whether eastern Connecticut is experiencing an “earthquake swarm,” similar to one that the Bar Harbor area of Maine experienced several years ago.
Ninth Recent Earthquake in Plainfield Ninth Recent Earthquake in Plainfield Officials say another earthquake hit Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. (Published Tuesday, Jan 13, 2015)

Star said earthquakes are not abnormal from time to time in New England, and they sometimes come as “earthquake swarms,” which he described as several earthquakes in fairly quick succession.
For instance, there were more than 40 earthquakes in the Bar Harbor area of Maine over several weeks in 2006 and 2007, but the activity then died down, Starr said.

“Is this on the same scale as that? Too soon to tell. It may just die down or it may capture a few more quakes, but it’s no surprise to us,” Starr said.

This photo from the New England Seismic Network shows quakes on Jan. 14, 2015.
Earthquakes, centered in Plainfield, have rattled Eastern Connecticut every day for the last four days and 12 times since last Thursday.

On Friday morning, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection will hold a multi-agency briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center to discuss the state’s preparedness should earthquakes continue and begin to cause damage.

Later in the day, a public forum will be held to provide information and answer residents’ questions.
The Board of Selectmen in Plainfield, along with the Plainfield Police Department and Office of Emergency Management will hold an informational session at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 16, at Plainfield High School Auditorium about the earthquakes.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been small earthquakes in New England since colonial times, with moderately damaging quakes happening every few decades and smaller earthquakes around twice per year.

On Wednesday, the area experienced its 10th and 11th earthquakes. The U.S. Geological Survey listed the 6:33 a.m. earthquake in Plainfield as magnitude-2.0. Then, at 8:10 a.m., there was a 1.8 magnitude quake in Plainfield.

Tuesday, the Weston Observatory at Boston College recorded a magnitude 2.1 earthquake, an aftershock from a larger earthquake the day before.

Stronger Earthquake Hits Eastern Connecticut Stronger Earthquake Hits Eastern Connecticut A 3 point 3 magnitude quake knocked pictures off walls and left homeowners more shaken than several smaller quakes that hit the Plainfield area in the last week (Published Monday, Jan 12, 2015)
Tuesday’s quake happened at 7:27 a.m. and was centered about 3 and a half miles south-southwest of Danielson, according to the observatory.

On Monday, there were several earthquakes in the area including a magnitude-3.3 temblor at about 6:30 a.m. that day that was the strongest in the series of quakes. Here is the full list of activity since the beginning of the year.

Earthquake Timeline in January 2015:

1) Jan. 8: 9:28 a.m. — 2.0 magnitude quake, centered in Plainfield
2) Jan. 9: 10:26 a.m. — 0.4 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
3) Jan. 12: 6:33 a.m. — 1.6 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
4) Jan. 12: 6:34 a.m. — 1.5 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
5) Jan. 12: 6:36 a.m. — 3.3 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
6) Jan. 12: 6:50 a.m. — 2.1 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
7) Jan. 12: 12:03 p.m. — 1.7 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
8) Jan. 12: 1:04 p.m. — 1.6 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
9) Jan. 13: 7:27 a.m. — 2.3 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
10) Jan. 14: 6:33 a.m. — 1.8 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield.
11) Jan. 14: 8:10 a.m. — 1.5 magnitude earthquake in Plainfield
12) Jan. 15: 4:39 a.m. — 2.2 magnitude earthquake, near Moosup

The Sixth Seal: Quakes Continue Along The Ramapo Fault Line (Rev 6:12)

Another Minor Earthquake Strikes Eastern Connecticut Wednesday

January 14, 2015 12:26 PM

Location of an earthquake in Connecticut on Jan. 12, 2015. (credit: USGS)

PLAINFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — In what’s becoming a daily event, another minor earthquake has shaken parts of eastern Connecticut.

The U.S. Geological Service confirmed a 2.0-magnitude earthquake at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in Plainfield. It was the third consecutive day an earthquake was felt in the area.

A 2.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Plainfield and surrounding areas Tuesday morning. It was in the same area as five small earthquakes on Monday morning.

CBS2 chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn said Tuesday there is a fault line that runs right through Plainfield called the Hope Valley Shear Zone Fault.

Last Thursday, a 2.0 to 2.2-magnitude earthquake was felt in Plainfield.

Paul Yellen, Plainfield’s emergency management director, told WFSB that no significant damage to utilities or roads has been reported.

A research scientist at the Weston Observatory said a series of small earthquakes in the Northeast is not unusual because the eastern U.S. is atop a tectonic plate affected by geological pressure.

Precursor Of The Sixth Seal: 100 Miles North Of NYC (Rev 6:12)

Earthquake In Connecticut Thursday Morning

By Stephen Busemeyer and Christine Dempsey

 

PLAINFIELD — At first, town officials didn’t have an answer.

More than 50 people had called the police shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday to report a boom and a shake. The town fire marshal’s office had ruled out blasting as the cause, and there were no crashes on nearby I-395. Neither was there any work being done on the Providence and Worcester railroads.

An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 2.0 to 2.2, had occurred in the northern part of town, about 2 miles south of Danielson, they learned. It was nearly 6 kilometers underground and caused no damage.

Earthquakes happen fairly regularly in Connecticut, but they rarely amount to more than a murmur. For centuries, the residents of the Moodus section of East Haddam have heard the rumblings of earthquakes in the area.

The Plainfield area, where Thursday morning’s temblor struck, has now experienced four small earthquakes since October, according to data collected by the Weston Observatory at Boston College
at 6:08 PM January 08, 2015.

The number of quakes has increased across the New England area over the last 10 years — part of a natural geologic process, said John E. Ebel, the chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College.

“From the late 1970s into the early 1990s, it was much more active,” he said. “Then things dropped off. In the early 2000s, the activity got very low throughout New England. And it seems to have come back since then.”

The observatory recorded fewer than 40 earthquakes per year in the area from 1990 through 2005. Then activity increased — to 80 in 2006, 94 in 2010, 154 in 2011 and 182 in 2012.

More earthquakes have been reported in recent years in some areas with new oil and gas exploration, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But New England’s earthquakes are naturally occurring.

“There are spots all over the eastern United States where there has been wastewater injection due to hydrofracking,” Ebel said. “And there are earthquakes associated with those areas,” even in eastern Ohio.

“But not in New England. We don’t have the right geology,” he said.