Earthquake in NJ (Public Board)

by JoFrance, Friday, April 05, 2024, 20:18 (24 days ago)

We had a terrible earthquake today. It was a 4.8 on the Richter scale and very loud. My entire house shook for about 10 seconds and it was just unnerving. Even my piano shook. The sound was like nothing I ever heard before. I couldn't understand what was happening when it started, but it was a very scary experience.

A few hours later, we had a 4.0 tremor and our Governor said we can expect this for a week. I'm not a fan.

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Earthquake in NJ

by Cornpop Sutton ⌂, A bad bad dude who makes good shine., Friday, April 05, 2024, 23:52 (24 days ago) @ JoFrance
edited by Cornpop Sutton, Saturday, April 06, 2024, 00:43

A few hours later, we had a 4.0 tremor and our Governor said we can expect this for a week. I'm not a fan.

Obviously the product of a Democrat run administration. :-P

We took a vacation trip in West Va. in 2011 in the Potomac Highlands area (the ski resort region not far from DC - Seneca Rocks, etc.). We were hiking on the afternoon of August 23 and we experienced the earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia when were hiking. We both felt like we wobbled for a second which was the moment of the quake. When we got back to our room in the lodge the TV was lit up with media stories about this earthquake. We were in the woods away from any buildings or people so we didn't get feedback from others at that exact moment.

We own a brick masonry ranch with unreinforced walls. Wondering if the New Madrid fault will take my house down some day.

Earthquake in NJ

by JoFrance, Saturday, April 06, 2024, 18:19 (23 days ago) @ Cornpop Sutton

One Democrat Jackass running for Senate from the Green Party claims the earthquake was caused by climate change. Duh!

We had a small earthquake about 15 years ago and I was parked, sitting in my car. It just started rocking slightly back and forth, but there was no sound. You're better off outside, I think.

My house is 80 years old and made it through unscathed, but when you hear the house twisting its scary. All I could think of was its going to collapse. I've lived here 35 years and we've never had an earthquake like this one. We have the Ramapo fault line not too far away that hasn't been active since 1884, but suddenly it is, so you never know.

No matter what kind of house you have, it will be put to the test in an earthquake.

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by FSK, Saturday, April 06, 2024, 01:15 (24 days ago) @ JoFrance

I was at work in Manhattan at the time. It felt like the building was shaking due to very high wind (happened a few times in the past few weeks) or due to a large truck passing on the street (also happens pretty often). I didn't realize it was an earthquake until I got the alert on my phone.

Barely Felt It

by JoFrance, Saturday, April 06, 2024, 17:38 (23 days ago) @ FSK

I live very close to the epicenter, so we got the full effect of the quake. Because we were in a small house and not a big building I could see the violent shaking of everything and hear the house structure flexing. It was an awful sound. Water bottles on tables were thrown on the floor. My lights were bouncing up and down. It was so loud I thought maybe a low flying airplane was about to hit the house or a bomb went off. Its a sound I'll never forget.

We've had 3 notable aftershocks after the main event. One was a 4.0, so pretty strong. We had another one this morning that shook the walls, but it only lasted maybe 5 seconds. I hope we don't get any more. We didn't have any damage, thankfully.

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