“Today’s earthquake underscores yet another reason why a nuclear power plant does not belong in Westchester County.”

This quote came from Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins after the tremor on Tuesday, March 10. Jenkins tried to play on fears that he, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a cabal of environmental activists have been fomenting for decades.

Indian Point, the decommissioned nuclear plant in Buchanan, they said over and over, was too dangerous to operate in a county of more than 1 million that is a primary suburb for the largest metropolis in the country.

In a previous statement Jenkins said, “Opening this plant again is a hard no.”

The facts about Tuesday’s 'earthquake' and Indian Point’s protections

Tuesday’s event was hardly an “earthquake”. Tremor even feels generous. It was registered as a magnitude 2.3 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

I didn’t even notice the rumble sitting at my desk about six miles from the epicenter.

Indian Point was just fine.

The county executive’s fearmongering is centered around the notion that the Ramapo fault zone that runs mainly through New Jersey, where most seismic activity occurs, and extends into New York and Pennsylvania, is too close to where Indian Point is situated.

On April 5, 2024 a 4.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Tewksbury, New........

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