That was eerie! I felt my apartment building start to rock and sway as the walls were creaking. Not something I’m used to as a NY native, and not something I loved to experience 20+ floors above the ground.
M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
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Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#212If any west-coasters are confused as to how this is news: the Northeast is sort of geologically unusual for the US in that we have almost no surprising, sudden weather thingies. No tornados, mild thunderstorm, occasional hurricanes (but they are usually weakened a bit compared to, like, Florida by the time they get up here and they’ve spent a long time going up the coast so they tend to be well tracked by forecasters…
Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#213Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#214Felt that very strongly in southern Westchester county NY. Not like the 2011 earthquake I felt in NYC, which was kind of slow and made the building I was in sway violently; this was more like the vibrations from a huge truck passing nearby, but more intense. Loud and very unpleasant, about 15 seconds duration. Did not like that at all, am now inspecting all our services like gas and water for disruption, checking for…
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#215Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#216Felt that very strongly in southern Westchester county NY. Not like the 2011 earthquake I felt in NYC, which was kind of slow and made the building I was in sway violently; this was more like the vibrations from a huge truck passing nearby, but more intense. Loud and very unpleasant, about 15 seconds duration. Did not like that at all, am now inspecting all our services like gas and water for disruption, checking for…
Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#217Holy shit what a ride! Sitting at home in my office in Ozone Park NYC and I hear what I think is a low flying plane coming in to JFK. Happens when weather is bad and they come in lower they can rattle my windows. But the intensity grew suddenly and my entire house was shaking and everything was rattling. At first I froze for a few seconds as I could not make sense of what I was experiencing - but it was clear this wa…
I've never been in an earthquake it's got to be such a strange thing to experience the first time. Hearing tornado sirens for the first time was wild, especially as a Silent Hill fan. On the other hand my friend moved to Brooklyn from Haiti after their terrible quake so he's in a mood right now.
Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#218Holy shit what a ride! Sitting at home in my office in Ozone Park NYC and I hear what I think is a low flying plane coming in to JFK. Happens when weather is bad and they come in lower they can rattle my windows. But the intensity grew suddenly and my entire house was shaking and everything was rattling. At first I froze for a few seconds as I could not make sense of what I was experiencing - but it was clear this wa…
I've never been in an earthquake it's got to be such a strange thing to experience the first time. Hearing tornado sirens for the first time was wild, especially as a Silent Hill fan. On the other hand my friend moved to Brooklyn from Haiti after their terrible quake so he's in a mood right now.
Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#219If any west-coasters are confused as to how this is news: the Northeast is sort of geologically unusual for the US in that we have almost no surprising, sudden weather thingies. No tornados, mild thunderstorm, occasional hurricanes (but they are usually weakened a bit compared to, like, Florida by the time they get up here and they’ve spent a long time going up the coast so they tend to be well tracked by forecasters…
What is a Nor'easter?
Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
#220If any west-coasters are confused as to how this is news: the Northeast is sort of geologically unusual for the US in that we have almost no surprising, sudden weather thingies. No tornados, mild thunderstorm, occasional hurricanes (but they are usually weakened a bit compared to, like, Florida by the time they get up here and they’ve spent a long time going up the coast so they tend to be well tracked by forecasters…