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Witness location : West Seneca (USA) (0 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

1 low rumbles and the whole house shook

Witness location : Buffalo (USA) (1 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 80 min

Woke us up, nothing worth freaking out over. Best described as a lightning strike next to the house without the lightning.

Witness location : West Seneca (USA) (3 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Woken by loud bang and entire house shaking.

Witness location : Sloan (USA) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Sounded like an explosion followed by some shaking

Witness location : Cheektowaga (USA) (4 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Buffalo NY 6:20am local

Witness location : Buffalo (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Scary

Witness location : Buffalo (USA) (7 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Felt one large lateral jolt.

Witness location : Blasdell (USA) (7 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Whole house shook and windows rattled sounded like and explosion and then a shockwave

Witness location : Cheektowaga (USA) (8 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

We loved a couples.miles.from the airport and we thought it was a plane flying lower than it should. It shook our bed, our 13 mo old woke up in his crib. Nothing fell off shelves or anything like that.

Witness location : Buffalo (USA) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Felt like a singular explosion. I thought a car crashed into my house

Witness location : Buffalo (USA) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Short burst and rumble like major snow and ice falling off the roof shaking deck and house

Witness location : Buffalo (USA) (11 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1669 min

Unusual for our region, and it was sudden and short.  Sounded like a snowplow hit the house.

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (11 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

Was just waking up. My whole bed shook

Witness location : Williamsville (USA) (11 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Woke me and my boyfriend up and then my coworkers started all texting about it.

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (12 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 133 min

Shook and rattled things in the house. Nothing fell off shelves and only lasted a few seconds

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (12 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

felt house shake 3 or 4 seconds, heard a noise outside...then over

Witness location : Amherst (USA) (12 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

Sounded like a sonic boom

Witness location : Amherst (USA) (12 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

About 8-10 seconds of intense shaking. No damage.

Witness location : Kenmore (USA) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

I am at work at a grocery store, the entire front of the store shook. It sounded like a car hit the store

Witness location : Hamburg (USA) (13 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

Dogs were barking and acting abnormal than house shook like severe wind gust with a loud bang

Witness location : Amherst (USA) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Woke up the whole family this morning

Witness location : Fort Erie (Canada) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Woke us up

Witness location : Fort Erie (Canada) (15 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Just waking up for the day in Fort Erie Ontario around 6:15 am and felt a quake. It intensified for a short period of time before ending. No damage just very rattly.

Witness location : Kenmore (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Sook the whole house.

Witness location : Town of Tonawanda (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Shaking woke me up. Lasted less than 10 seconds.

Witness location : Williamsville (USA) (16 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

House rumbled for about 10-15 seconds. Biggest EQ I’ve ever felt around here.

Witness location : Town of Tonawanda (USA) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 549 min

It was a quick jolt, like a truck backed into the building.

Witness location : Wanakah (USA) (16 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Felt like something it the side of the house, husband felt that and then swaying upstairs, and heard rumbling

Witness location : Hamburg (USA) (16 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Was asleep, and woke to steady vibration. Sounds of light rattling of items in the house.

Witness location : North Tonawanda (USA) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

North Tonawanda New York about 6:20 am

Witness location : Clarence Center (USA) (22 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake in Western New York.

Witness location : Alden (USA) (22 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Thought it was a 3. Surprised at 3.8. Originally from California.

Witness location : Sanborn (USA) (29 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 77 min

I thought it was a low flying plane. The house shook, and there qas noise.

Witness location : Angola on the Lake (USA) (29 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Shook the house like a heavy wind gustDerby, NY

Witness location : Niagara Falls (Canada) (31 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

Chippawa fort Erie and Niagara Falls area all felt quake at 615 Monday feb 6

Witness location : Niagara Falls (Canada) (35 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

A shaking at 6:15 am , my dog started barking as well

Witness location : Niagara Falls (Canada) (35 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 137 min

Felt the house shaking

Witness location : Welland (Canada) (39 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

I felt a rolling rumble under the room going from one side out the other

Witness location : Welland (Canada) (40 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

Felt it early in the morning around 5;30 or 6:30 I thought it was my dog scratching while against a windows as my bed is near a window

Witness location : Lewiston (USA) (42 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 85 min

Woke up with bed shaking in St David’s ON

Witness location : Youngstown (USA) (45 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Was watch news and house started to rattle

Witness location : St Catharines (Canada) (49 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

I woke up in the night to my bed and house swaying like I was a boat with gentle noticeable waves. Shortly after (or during) I heard a loud noise and it seemed to stop.

Witness location : St. Catharines (Canada) (51 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 99 min

Loud sound and house shook, doors rattled

Witness location : St. Catharines (Canada) (52 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Gentle shake

Witness location : Burlington (Canada) (96 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

I woke to the sound of our house rattling

Witness location : Hamilton (Canada) (96 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Slight rumble that lasted for about a second

Witness location : Hamilton (Canada) (97 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 60 min

A large armoire in my bedroom second floor house rattled

Witness location : Hamilton (Canada) (109 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 928 min

Was sitting on the toilet....lol

Witness location : Richmond Hill (Canada) (123 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Vaughan , OntarioI felt very weak shake