NJ Earthquake

[sasywtch]

When I turned on the tv, I thought why are they talking about our earthquake here.

A magnitude-4.9 earthquake occurs in northern California, US, at around 18:34 April 4. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.​

Facebook was like, I just felt an earthquake, me too and we all went along our way. I realize you all in the east are not use to them but it's normal for us here. It's good they are checking all your buildings and subways. When SF had that bad one that collapsed the bay bridge, I was on the 6th floor downtown Sacramento and our building was swaying away. That one scared me. I get it though. When I moved to OK I was underground during my first F2 tornado. They all told me that was nothing but it scared the beegeebees out of me.

edited to add: sorry about the large bold. I c/p, can't change the size/bold and to be honest, I just woke up and have a headache and just don't feel like hunting what I can do to change it. Off for Tylenol and more coffee.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

This happened to me in a hotel in Hawaii in 2005, was on the toilet and the whole place started shaking and I thought to myself "I can't believe THIS is how I'm gonna die, hotel collapsing while I'm on the john" -- thankfully that earthquake was also just a mild one.

I also live in VA back in 2011 when the Mineral earthquake hit, our house was about 40 miles from it, came home and found the canned veggies all shaken off the shelves and on the garage floor.

After I realized I wasn't stroking, thought the same thing.
I don't know if Ill ever be able to take a normal BM again.

 

[Buzz Rules]

 

[Buzz Rules]

http://hudsonvalley.news12.com/usgs...ar-lebanon-new-jersey-rattling-tri-state-area

 

[cabanafrau]

When I turned on the tv, I thought why are they talking about our earthquake here.

A magnitude-4.9 earthquake occurs in northern California, US, at around 18:34 April 4. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.​

Facebook was like, I just felt an earthquake, me too and we all went along our way. I realize you all in the east are not use to them but it's normal for us here. It's good they are checking all your buildings and subways. When SF had that bad one that collapsed the bay bridge, I was on the 6th floor downtown Sacramento and our building was swaying away. That one scared me. I get it though. When I moved to OK I was underground during my first F2 tornado. They all told me that was nothing but it scared the beegeebees out of me.

edited to add: sorry about the large bold. I c/p, can't change the size/bold and to be honest, I just woke up and have a headache and just don't feel like hunting what I can do to change it. Off for Tylenol and more coffee.

Not sure, but I thought a magnitude comparison alone might not tell the tale when you're talking about potential effects between different locales? CA has building codes that have attempted to make structures more resistant to the effects of quakes that aren't required in the rest of the country. Don't the different soil and bedrock composition impact the effects as well?

 

[JediBonas]

Felt it in Albany, NY

 

[LuvOrlando]

Am I the only one wondering why no-one said it was coming considering all the billions the US puts into tracking this sort of thing?

Come on, seriously? How were we surprised or are the specialists and equipment just full of it, again...

 

[Gary Stocker]

Am I the only one wondering why no-one said it was coming considering all the billions the US puts into tracking this sort of thing?

Come on, seriously? How were we surprised or are the specialists and equipment just full of it, again...

Seriously we received the Emergency Broadcast about 10 minutes after... even my kids were like "oh gee thanks for preparing me for what just happened."

 

[Moliphino]

Am I the only one wondering why no-one said it was coming considering all the billions the US puts into tracking this sort of thing?

Come on, seriously? How were we surprised or are the specialists and equipment just full of it, again...

Earthquakes aren't really predictable.
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-you-predict-earthquakes

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

My bet fracking
or the russians

 

[honeymo78]

I'm in northern Delaware and I felt nothing. Even the dog napped right through it. It was a mixed bag of who felt it from my co-workers from in Philly, DE, and MD.

 

[jdb in AZ]

How long have scientists been predicting "the big one" along the San Andreas Fault line? They just don't know when (or if) it's coming.

How many years ago was the song written:

"Where we gonna go when there's no San Francisco?
Better get ready to tie up the boats in Idaho."

It's been at least 20 years.

 

[Gary Stocker]

How long have scientists been predicting "the big one" along the San Andreas Fault line? They just don't know when (or if) it's coming.

How many years ago was the song written:

"Where we gonna go when there's no San Francisco?
Better get ready to tie up the boats in Idaho."

It's been at least 20 years.

,,or the recent iteration by Tool- "I'll see you down in Arizona bay."

 

[TinkAgainU]

 

[Jeannie]

Felt it here in northern NJ. Whole house shaking and loud rumbling for at least 20 seconds. So Scary!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I'm also just outside of Philly. I had just gotten my coffee and was sitting here at the computer in my bedroom. The monitor started shaking before anything happened and I thought that maybe a big truck was going by. Then the faint side-to-side shaking started and went on for about, I don't know, twenty seconds or so? I was the only one awake in the house at that time, so I couldn't even run downstairs and ask everyone else if they felt it, too. When my aunt got up, I asked her and she didn't even wake up or feel a thing.

 

[Jeannie]

Annnnd just had an aftershock!

 

[TinkAgainU]

In California we all love filling this out, it occurs to me you folks might not even know it exists. Just type DID YOU FEEL IT in Google...

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/dyfi/

 

[Gary Stocker]

Annnnd just had an aftershock!

Yeah...and again I thought it was a UPS truck coming down my street.

 

[bluezy]

Annnnd just had an aftershock!

We heard the aftershock but didn't feel it.