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Off by a year, was 2011, this one appears to have shaken a bit more, but was a but closer too. I felt that one, didn't really feel this one, but may have been building, where I was, etc, others in my office did feel it
I remember the 2011 one but didn’t feel it because I was driving. I had “earthquake envy.” Definitely felt this one though. The whole office building shook and swayed. Very disconcerting.
I remember the 2011 one but didn’t feel it because I was driving. I had “earthquake envy.” Definitely felt this one though. The whole office building shook and swayed. Very disconcerting.
This one was different because I could audibly hear it building up. Like not just from structures shaking, but I could hear the rumble approaching from outside, like the sound of the Earth, lol.
Really weird like a movie.
Having lived in the Bay Area for almost 2 decades (SF) quakes became something to get used to. I was there for the big '89 quake. That one certainly got everyone's attention!
I'm in New Jersey and my office building was shaking and swaying, even a couple ceiling tiles fell down. They evacuated the building and I went home. Decided to stop a Burger King and they were closed due to earthquake. My house has some stress fractures along the wall of the main beam of the house and cracks in my basement.
Earthquakes hit much harder in New Jersey over California because we sit on granite.
My daughter lives on LI. I live in PA. She called me this morning to say her house was shaking. Did you feel the earthquake? Nothing at all. Map quested our locations from the Epicenter in NJ. She is 2 hours away and I'm an hour away. Does elevation above sea level make a difference? LI, and NYC, are at sea level. I am in the Mountains at an elevation of 1500 feet.
I am sure the people in Allentown, and Philly, were able to feel the quake
That's scary. I am from NJ (I don't live there currently), and the thought of an earthquake was unheard of.
Well the thought of a bigger one like that. I've been living in New Jersey for most of my life, and there were always earthquakes from the Ramapo and Hopewell faults. Usually small rattling things, 2 point somethings. There was one a little bigger about six or seven years ago that people felt, but this 4.8 is the strongest in many years.
I can't imagine working in NYC during 911 and then feeling this earthquake while in a skyscraper today. I can only imagine what people were thinking.
I was in the WTC on 9/11. I am not in the NY/NJ area today, but I think if I was there and felt the ground shake, I would have said, "Oh, that's just 9/11 PTSD" and kept going. A weird aftereffect is that every once in a while, especially when in a public place, I feel as if the ground is shifting under my feet like it did at 8:46 a.m. that day. When it happens, I just look around and if no one else notices the ground is moving, I just shrug and realize it's a piece of the WTC I took with me.
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