NEW YORK CITY EARTHQUAKE

A earthquake in New York City , on 01/17/2001
LOCATION (from Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismic Network):
On Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 07h 34m 22s (EST) a magnitude 2.4 earthquake occurred beneath the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The shock was felt in Queens and Manhattan.
Origin time: 01/17/2001 07:34:22.6 (12:34:22.6 UTC)
Location: 40.777N, 73.954W, Depth=7 km
Magnitude: Mc=2.4

Won-Young Kim
Research Scientist
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Waveforms from our own basement, from the broad-band seismic sensor operated there by Weston Observatory. Traces start at 17:36, with time marked in seconds, and are arranged in the following order: E-W, N-S, V. Traces are scaled individually. FIletrs applied: high pass @0.5Hz , low pass @5Hz