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M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake

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Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake

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s-kymon wrote: post #34
_sword wrote: post #9

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.

I thought it was a train or truck going by

I thought wind at first because it's been stormy lately

Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake

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Post by pseudolus »

spopejoy wrote: post #53

I'm in Brooklyn and felt it while on a call with an NJ resident who was the first to say "are we having an earthquake??" Do earthquakes have a propagation speed? Might she have felt it before me?

The earthquake was centered in NJ.[0] Propagation speed would be a function of the depth. [1]

[0] https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B040'58.8%22N+74%C2%...

[1] https://www.britannica.com/science/seismic-wave

Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake

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Post by FrustratedMonky »

kube-system wrote: post #68
wumeow wrote: post #35

Japan, Taiwan, New York, this is apparently the year of the earthquake.

The hurricanes are coming soon. Oceans are warming up at record speeds this year already.

Dogs and Cats Living together.

Re: M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake

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Post by melling »

usernamed7 wrote: post #56

I was laying in bed and thought I'd sleep a little bit more. the earthquake wasn't violent, but certainly noticeable. It was similar to someone walking on my roof, without the banging.

I thought a tree fell on the house. It was loud. We occasionally get branches that make a bang on the roof.

I’m about 15 miles from the epicenter.

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