There were actually two small earthquakes in Western New York this past weekend, one west of Lockport and the other in the middle of Lake Ontario.
The first was a 1.5 magnitude earthquake that occurred four miles west of Lockport at 6:27 p.m. on Saturday. According to the United States Geological Survey any earthquake that registers 2.0 or less on the Richter scale is a microearthquake and is not felt.
The second earthquake occurred Sunday at 4:32 a.m. around 18 miles southeast of Toronto, right in the middle of Lake Ontario. Though higher than a 2.0 on the Richter scale, it is unlikely the earthquake was felt due to its distance from land.
