A 2.4-magnitude earthquake rocked upstate New York on New Year’s Day, according to the United States Geological Survey. It struck near the Canadian border less than four miles outside Fort Covington around 12:57 a.

The quake epicenter was 2 miles north-northwest of Cobb, a small community in the hills south of Clear Lake. The epicenter was 70 miles west of Sacramento and 27 miles north of Santa Rosa. A ShakeAlert was issued to cellphone users in portions of Lake, Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties, according to the USGS.

The start of 2025 is bringing more earthquakes. The end of 2024 was full of quakes across the United States. We had a 7.0 magnitude quake in Northern California at the start of December. Later in the month,

Those reports sent to the USGS indicate those close to the St. Lawrence / Franklin County border could have felt the shak