MINOR QUAKE SHAKES BRAXTON COUNTY SUNDAY

(10/14/2013)

Earthquake shakin' returned to Braxton County Sunday, an area that has experienced about a dozen small quakes in recent years. The minor earthquake shook the Sutton area of Braxton County early Sunday. The National Geological Survey's says that a magnitude 2.2 earthquake occurred around 5:20 a.m. Sunday. They say the epicenter was 6 miles west-northwest of Sutton in the Wilsie area. State officials say a number of quakes reported in Braxton and Gilmer county are not connected with Marcellus Shale drilling or fracking, or the insertion of millions of gallons of discarded by-products in old wells used for storage. No damage reported Sunday. See   WV SEISMOLOGIST SAYS GILMER QUAKES NOT RELATED TO DRILLING - Act Of Nature Shifting Tectonic Plates

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