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3.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Buffalo area

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck the suburbs of Buffalo early Monday, off🦄icials said.

The quake was detected about 6:15 a.m. in the town of West Seneca, just outside the city of Buffalo, the US G𝐆eological Survey said.

The National Weather Service said it was from the quake, which “was felt sඣtrongly by many people in the Bu𝄹ffalo, NY area.”

It said it also was not immediately know🌺n if any injuries were reportꦆed from the temblor.

captured a living room at the moment the quake hit — with a loud bang, followed by the noise of items falling and a dog barking.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said he spoke with the county De🌌partment of Homeland Security and emergency services and said a “confirmed quake was felt a𓆉s far north as Niagara Falls and south to Orchard Park from initial reports.”

Map showing area of earthquake near Buffalo
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck the suburbs of Buffalo on Monday morning. U.S. Geological Survey

“It felt like a car hit my house in Buffalo. I jumped out of♛ bed,” .

Buffalo lies on the Clarendon-Linden fault system, a major series of fault lines in western New York, .