TAKONSHA TOWNSHIP (WKZO) — The experts disagree on whether Tuesday’s earthquake near Takonsha was its own distinct quake or an aftershock of the larger quake, a 4.2 that occurred on May 2nd.
They say it needs more study.
University of Michigan Geologist Jeroen Ritsema and Michigan Geological Survey’s director John Yellich says it’s been nearly two months and there is too much distance between the two epicenters for the 3.3 to be an aftershock.
The data coming from the U.S. Geological service disagrees, suggesting it was all part of the same churning of the earth’s crust.
Prof. Ritsema says the small faults in Michigan are buried 6 miles under the earth so surface dwellers like us will never have to worry.
Until the May quake, most geologists weren’t even sure there was a fault under the region. Now some are claiming there are two.