By ML Baron, West Island Weather Station
A small tremor with a magnitude of 1.6, startled residents in parts of Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, Saturday night about 11:09PM.
From Tracie Blanchard, Adams Street, Fairhaven: “Such a loud bang. I thought something hit the house!”
From Nancy McGrath-Jorge, Mattapoisett: “It was an earth shattering boom, not only shook our houses but also had an explosive sound. Holy Smokes, If thats a mild tremor, I pray to the Lord I never experience a real quake. It was like an explosion that shook our house. The sound was deafening.”
The tremor was recorded at Weston Observatory in Boston.
A more potent tremor occurred on Feb 11, 2014 at 548PM, and registered 2.5. The center was near Dartmouth.
These are rare events but not unexpected according to seismologists.
Link to Weston Observatory: http://aki.bc.edu/cgi-bin/NESN/ 24hr_heli
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