A small earthquake hit the small Connecticut town of East Hampton on Wednesday, but that's nothing new.
Motorists pass through the town of East Hampton, Conn., Thursday, March 7, 2024. A small earthquake hit the small Connecticut town of East Hampton on Wednesday, but that's nothing new. Seismic sounds known as"The Moodus Noises" have been reported in the East Hampton area and the nearby village of Moodus for centuries. In fact, Moodus is short for Machimoodus or Mackimoodus, which means"place of bad noises" in the Algonquian dialects once spoken in the area.
In fact, Moodus is short for “Machimoodus” or “Mackimoodus,” which means “place of bad noises” in the Algonquian dialects once spoken in the area. A local high school has even nicknamed theirThe occurrences were frequent enough that the federal government, worried about the possible effect of seismic activity on the nearby, now-decommissioned Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, conducted a study of the “Moodus Noises” in the late 1980s, Thorson said.
Thorson said there could be a series of underground fractures or hollows in the area that help amplify the sounds made by pressure on the crust.
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