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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake 1 miles from Tewksbury, NJ · 10:23 AM (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 OP
Felt in Connecticut, but just barely. NutmegYankee Apr 2024 #1
My floor just shook a bit--in Maryland. Kingofalldems Apr 2024 #2
My house shook in Brooklyn for about 15 seconds Beastly Boy Apr 2024 #3
Damn, bet that was scary. Emile Apr 2024 #21
Just another day in Brooklyn. Yep, scary, but we are used to that. Beastly Boy Apr 2024 #33
Felt it in Queens edhopper Apr 2024 #4
We're in southern NH and our office light shook. Weird. Vinca Apr 2024 #5
Couldn't feel it in Indiana. I do have earthquake insurance Emile Apr 2024 #6
Lying in my bed in Syracuse NY. Definitely felt it. Crunchy Frog Apr 2024 #7
Nothing in mass, but my cat did get the zoomies getagrip_already Apr 2024 #8
Daughter in Old City section of Philly... Wuddles440 Apr 2024 #9
My desk shook Danmel Apr 2024 #10
Felt in Boston. Wowzer! Justice Apr 2024 #11
lawrence o'donnell tweets: orleans Apr 2024 #12
Woah! electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #25
Felt it here bamagal62 Apr 2024 #13
Thought it was the end of the world Mossfern Apr 2024 #14
We had one in Indiana in the 80's that toppled chimneys. Emile Apr 2024 #26
Makes sense - you were probably closer! electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #29
Felt it in Westchester County, NY DinahMoeHum Apr 2024 #15
People need to get earthquake insurance. Emile Apr 2024 #16
Felt it up here in CT kcr Apr 2024 #17
Seeing a lot of posts about it on Twitter. highplainsdem Apr 2024 #18
Blah. We have one of those every week on the west coast. Jacson6 Apr 2024 #19
Felt it here in MD. Shook the house. honest.abe Apr 2024 #20
My brother in Hackettstown NJ... Ohio Joe Apr 2024 #22
I hope people get the help they need RANDYWILDMAN Apr 2024 #23
Right next to Bedminster. SYFROYH Apr 2024 #24
Felt it in NE Pennsylvania PJMcK Apr 2024 #27
Transplanted Texas friend said she's felt three since she's been here in NYC. None that I've ever felt! wth. I... electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #28
Definitely felt it in Manhattan (Upper West Side). Golden Raisin Apr 2024 #30
Just felt another one! kcr Apr 2024 #31
Confirmed 4.0 JonAndKatePlusABird Apr 2024 #32

Crunchy Frog

(28,294 posts)
7. Lying in my bed in Syracuse NY. Definitely felt it.
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 10:41 AM
Apr 2024

Felt kind of like I was on a boat on choppy water. Weird.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
8. Nothing in mass, but my cat did get the zoomies
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 10:43 AM
Apr 2024

Which is really rare for him, so maybe he sensed something I didn't notice.

Wuddles440

(2,100 posts)
9. Daughter in Old City section of Philly...
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 10:43 AM
Apr 2024

reported significant shaking of her building and City Hall evacuated.

orleans

(37,034 posts)
12. lawrence o'donnell tweets:
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 10:56 AM
Apr 2024



That was my 2nd Manhattan earthquake & longer than any earthquake I’ve experienced in LA.

DinahMoeHum

(23,639 posts)
15. Felt it in Westchester County, NY
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:10 AM
Apr 2024

Funny thing is, I had a new neighbor move in to the garden apartment right below me in my co-op a few days ago, and at first I thought it was heavy furniture being rolled in from outside.

Emile

(42,621 posts)
16. People need to get earthquake insurance.
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:11 AM
Apr 2024

A standard homeowners insurance or renters insurance policy doesn't cover earthquake damage, as earthquakes aren't covered.

kcr

(15,522 posts)
17. Felt it up here in CT
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:15 AM
Apr 2024

It rattled quite a bit for a few seconds. When it first started, I thought a tree had fallen nearby,

highplainsdem

(62,609 posts)
18. Seeing a lot of posts about it on Twitter.
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:17 AM
Apr 2024

I've lived in NYC, Manhattan, twice, and hate to think what it would be like if there was a quake strong enough to make buildings collapse.

Jacson6

(2,075 posts)
19. Blah. We have one of those every week on the west coast.
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:21 AM
Apr 2024

But, I'm sure in NJ this can be very scary when the earth below your feet starts moving and you hear a boom.

 

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
20. Felt it here in MD. Shook the house.
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:25 AM
Apr 2024

I thought it was a high gust of wind but its not that windy today.

Ohio Joe

(21,898 posts)
22. My brother in Hackettstown NJ...
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:48 AM
Apr 2024

Said it shook the house for a good 15 seconds. He thought it was a huge explosion at first.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,166 posts)
23. I hope people get the help they need
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:54 AM
Apr 2024

I could see the idiots like Witt and Tuberville and Rand Paul and Cruz and others saying that is a blue area we don't want to provide aid for them "those" people aka maybe liberal people.....

electric_blue68

(26,985 posts)
28. Transplanted Texas friend said she's felt three since she's been here in NYC. None that I've ever felt! wth. I...
Fri Apr 5, 2024, 12:31 PM
Apr 2024

remember the only one I've ever felt back in the early mid '80s.

Bc the apt building was partly on a hill with a gigantic balcony that acted like a sound & even vibration amplifier - I woke out of a dream yelling, "Earthquake!!!". Heard medium rumble & felt vibrations fade away.
Since that couldn't be true I thought it was a heavy truck passing below which would have had a fairly similar effect - although while the sound wasn't loud; it felt ?"vaster". Went back to sleep (a weekend)

Woke up 2-3 hours later. Turned on my rock station. DJ was playing "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"! Then said,
"Well, did you feel the earthquake this morning?!".
Me: Mouth Open!!!!!

That one was closer in Yonkers, and I lived in waaaay upper Manhattan Washington Hgts.
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This one felt like a series of "bumps".

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