{"id":134786,"date":"2026-02-16T02:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/134786\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:26:12","slug":"earthquake-reported-in-new-york-usgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/134786\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake reported in New York: USGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2014 A 2.0-magnitude earthquake was reported in New York on Sunday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The earthquake was reported at 7:50 p.m., with the epicenter appearing around Keeseville, just south of the New York-Canadian border and just west of Lake Champlain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Surrounding towns that may have felt the earthquake include Plattsburgh and Burlington, Vermont, according to the USGS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The USGS received over 30 responses from users in the surrounding area as of 8:20 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Most reports registered between intensity levels of two and four, meaning weak or light shaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over the weekend, there were three reported earthquakes in the U.S.:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">2.0-magnitude near Keeseville, NY: 7:50 p.m. on Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">2.5-magnitude near The Geysers, CA: 4:40 p.m. (ET) on Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">3.1-magnitude near Springer, OK: 12:50 a.m. (ET) on Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spencer Gustafson is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered New York state and city news since 2023. See more of his work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/spencer-gustafson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2014 A 2.0-magnitude earthquake was reported in New York on Sunday night, according to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8256,9,24,55,54,56,42234,1230],"class_list":{"0":"post-134786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-keeseville","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-city-news","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-united-states-geological-survey","15":"tag-usgs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}