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Confirmed earthquake in Albany County
October 21, 2009 5:15 PM
The US Geological Survey has confirmed a 2.9 magnitude “micro earthquake” with an epicenter about five miles south of Berne in Albany County.
It struck just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday more than four miles below the surface, according to data collected by the Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network.
It was close enough to the surface for at least one CBS 6 viewer to write in from neighboring Schoharie County saying his house shook and that he could hear "a boom sound."
A quake of similar size in the same area, though much deeper underground, back in May was felt as far away as Saratoga County.
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