Magnitude 3.4 quake in Adirondack Park

BRANDON -- The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude-3.4 earthquake was recorded on the northern edge of New York's Adirondack Park, near the Canadian border.

The USGS said the quake occurred at 1:14 p.m. Wednesday at a depth of 3 miles, with the epicenter near the sparsely populated town of Brandon, about 10 miles south of the Canadian border.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Department said there were no reports of damage. A quake of magnitude 2.5 to 3 is the smallest usually felt by people. A 4-magnitude quake can cause moderate damage.

The quake was detected by the Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network, which has 40 seismographic stations in New York and six other eastern states.

The quake came a day after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast from Georgia to Canada.

-- AP