Clintonville residents reporting fewer loud mysterious booms

City Administrator Lisa Kuss told WTAQ radio police have only received a handful of complaints recently. The small Wisconsin town has been dealing with unusual booms since mid-March that may be a series of small earthquakes. The strongest detected was a 1.5 magnitude earthquake on March 20.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Apr 12, 2012

City Administrator Lisa Kuss told WTAQ radio police have only received a handful of complaints recently. The small Wisconsin town has been dealing with unusual booms since mid-March that may be a series of small earthquakes. The strongest detected was a 1.5 magnitude earthquake on March 20.

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The Clintonville City Administrator told the Shawano Leader the "I Survived the 1.5" shirts are meant to show unity. The small Wisconsin town made the national spotlight last week when unusual booms left residents without answers. The U.S. Geological Survey now believes Clintonville was being swept by a swarm of microquakes.

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The source of the booms shaking residents of Clintonville, Wisconsin, this week has been a mystery. But the U.S. Geological Survey now thinks the town is being swept by a swarm of microquakes. One of them was measured at magnitude 1.5, which could probably be felt for a radius of about five miles.

The booming in Clintonville that has some residents losing sleep "sounds like distant thunder, fireworks or someone slamming a heavy door," the Associated Press writes.

Clintonville's city administrator says the city heard 60 phone calls within 15 minutes about "very loud, booming, rumbling-type noises," and some callers said the booms seemed louder and longer than last week.

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