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1-4 Magnitude Earthquake Startles Some Fairfield County Residents
If you felt a jolt, you weren't imagining things.
The mild, shaking jolt in Connecticut that startled some in Fairfield County, was in fact a mild earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The USGS, the organization responsible for earthquake tracking around the country, said the 1.4-magnitude quake took place at 12:38 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 27 in Greenwich, two kilometers north-northwest of the neighborhood of Cos Cob.
They reported the quake was felt in Cos Cob, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, and Riverside.
Police received a couple of calls but weren't sure what caused the jolt.&nbs…
