OT: Just had an earthquake
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Whole office shook in Monmouth county.
Wild !
Must be 3rd or 4th earthquake that I have felt here but this seemed the most intense. !
Wild !
Must be 3rd or 4th earthquake that I have felt here but this seemed the most intense. !
Here's a link to the biggest earthquakes in recorded history on the US east coast, with the biggest being a magnitude 7.3 quake in SC in 1886. I only really recall the VA quake (5.8) in 2013, since I was in AC at the time playing poker at the Taj, watching the giant chandeliers over my head swaying and I grabbed my chips and ran out of the place, lol. Where's @RU4Real when you need him?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/major-eas...ording to data from,as far inland as Columbia.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/major-eas...ording to data from,as far inland as Columbia.
Did Ace and Dylan just land on campus???.....seriously that was crazy for a few seconds.
Biggest quake I've ever felt - house shook for 20-30 seconds and my wife came running into the room I was in and we moved to an interior room, just in case and then we went outside in case of worse aftershocks. Even though the VA quake was bigger, I was further away, in AC, whereas Whitehouse Station is only 20 miles from me. Crazy.
Nothing fell off shelves, though, surprisingly.
Nothing fell off shelves, though, surprisingly.
That low-flying helicopter passing overhead immediately after threw me off...
2011 was centered in VA - my office in Charlottesville was less than 20 miles from the epicenter.
In 2011, I remember my PC screen wobbling in front of me and I was like, "Whoa, time to take a screen break." But don't remember feeling the building shake like this.
Felt it out here in Chester County, PA.
My son at RU NB slept through it...
My son at RU NB slept through it...
Did anyone else think possible tornado for a second or nuclear bomb? I did, just for a split second, but then it was pretty obvious it was an earthquake.
Turns out there's a "Hopewell Fault" in that area - who knew?
https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/pricelst/gmseries/gms14-1.pdf
Turns out there's a "Hopewell Fault" in that area - who knew?
https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/pricelst/gmseries/gms14-1.pdf
I live within 10 miles of the epicenter. Felt it here but all good.
Didn't realize we had some of these smaller fault lines by us.
Didn't realize we had some of these smaller fault lines by us.
That one lasted longer and was more intense than this one: we scrammed outside.
The NY Times and CNN initially blamed it on Israel, but have since issued retractions.
My 1st thoughts where a car ran into the house or the water heater exploded.
I was thinking microburst from a severe t-storm then I remembered it was sunny outside today.
Oh stop- we get it- it was minor compared to many that are around the world but pretty intense for this part of the country.
It's funny- I was thinking more internal. Maybe something like the hotwater heater or a gas line until I saw the water behind me rippling like crazy
Here's more - sounds like the Hopewell Fault is part of the larger Ramapo Fault system in the region. Here's a link and a map from the link. Supposedly the largest NJ-centered quake was 5.3 in 1783 in Sussex County (the blue dot). Also, remember the Richter Scale is logarithmic, i.e., a 5.0 is ten times more powerful than a 4.0 and a 6.0 is 100 times more powerful than a 4.0.
https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/living-on-the-fault-line/
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not intense at all and by every educated discernible view on them, it was a small 'rumble' non event. No need for the hysterics
we just don't get them often enough for people to be rational with them. Just look at numbers post thinking tornado (no wind today or cross current conditions) or a nuke lol
one has to laugh
I don’t think anyone is hysterical about it. It’s just more of a novelty thing. We don’t get something like this too often.
my first quake was in LA, 30 stories up and it was a 6.0 centered in inland empire so close. great way to pop one's cherryLOL! Waiting for @Caliknight to weigh in on this little tremor.
A nuclear bomb? This has to be a joke. Or you are a huge sissy. LOL!
This one felt much worse than did the one in Aug.2011.
It was comparable to the one in 1984.
It was comparable to the one in 1984.