No Explanation for Shore Points Shaking

December 7, 2006 -- Some people felt the ground shaking Thursday afternoon in South Jersey along the shore.

Action News and local police took calls and emails from people in Mays Landing, Egg Harbor Township, Marmora, Somers Point, and Ocean City. All of them reported rumblings, tremors, and loud noises around 12:30 pm, then again at 1:15 pm.

Most of the obvious potential causes don't check out. The only major road construction in the area is along the Route 52 causeway, and that's pretty far away for all those people to feel it.

The Earthquake Center in Delaware reports absolutely no activity in the region.

And the Department of Defense and New Jersey military investigated. Both say no local aircraft caused a sonic boom. But there is the possibility that an aircraft just passing through from a different area could have caused a loud rumbling feeling.

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On the Net:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/quakes_big.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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