Seismic equipment packed up in Clintonville
Wisconsin News-- There’s apparently no longer a need to measure the ground that’s no longer shaking in Clintonville. City Administrator Lisa Kuss said portable seismometers and sound sensors were packed up yesterday.
CLINTONVILLE - There’s apparently no longer a need to measure the ground that’s no longer shaking in Clintonville. City Administrator Lisa Kuss said portable seismometers and sound sensors were packed up yesterday.
She said officials are confident that a series of earthquakes caused loud booms and house-shaking about a month ago on Clintonville’s northeast side. But Kuss said there have been no calls to police complaining about the booms lately. And according to Mayor Judith McGee, the only remnants are the T-shirts folks bought which read, “I survived the 1.5.”
A one-point-five magnitude earthquake was registered on March 20th – and a much smaller tremor of point-one turned up nine days later. State geological experts said the booms resulted from what they called “post-glacial rebounding.”
Apparently, Clintonville was still adjusting after its last glacier melted over 10,000 years ago – and as the granite keeps stretching, a crack could have been formed to relieve pressure.
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