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Açores – Tremors felt on São Jorge

Four earthquakes were felt on the island of São Jorge in the Azores over the weekend, the Seismovulcanic Monitoring and Information Centre of the Azores (CIVISA) reported on Monday.
The quakes had magnitudes between 2.3 and 3.6 on the Richter scale and were felt with intensities ranging between III and IV on the Modified Mercalli scale.
To date, about 252 earthquakes felt by the population have been identified.
Seismic activity has been recorded along a strip from Ponta dos Rosais to Norte Pequeno and continues “above normal,” the statement said.
Since the beginning of the seismovulcanic crisis in São Jorge, the highest magnitude earthquake (3.8 on the Richter scale) occurred on March 29, at 21:56.

Road Rage – Woman wanted in Newark

Police are searching for a woman in connection with a road rage incident in Newark.
Officers say the incident happened around 2 p.m. Saturday near 14th Avenue and South Street.
They say the woman used pepper spray on a victim, stole her purse and then fled the scene.
The suspect was wearing an Allied Security uniform and driving an older model black four-door BMW.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-877-695-8477.

Wayne, NJ – Firefighters rescue 6 children

Firefighters in Wayne rappelled down an elevator shaft Friday to rescue six children trapped at the Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park on Willowbrook Boulevard.
The first responders used a rope-and-pulley system to rappel around 25 feet into the elevator shaft from the third floor.
They say they freed the boys from the elevator car by opening the hatch on the ceiling of the lift, harnessing them one at a time to safety.
Police say no one was hurt in the incident at the trampoline park, which is across from the mall.
The extrication took more than an hour.

Covid-19 cases – Rise in “at-home testing”

As the number of Covid-19 cases grows in the United States, experts wonder if the country fully understands the current threat from the pandemic. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that only 7% of positive Covid-19 cases in the US are being detected, meaning case rates are actually 14.5 times higher than officially reported. The last time the infection detection rate was this low was at the outset of the pandemic, in March 2020.
Another reason detection is so low, Mokdad said, is that the majority of people infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant don’t show symptoms, so they don’t even know to take a test.