April 2024

[forkyfork]

i want another quake does the eps show any threats

[cleetussnow]

33 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

i had just flushed the toilet and the house started shaking and the pipes started banging

During the earthquake?

[LibertyBell]

49 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

Sheww.  that was close tho.  

I wonder if we can have tsunamis on lakes though? Or is there a different word for that?  A seish (spelling?)

In August 2011 I was actually getting ready to take a bath when that earthquake happened and my bathtub was full of water and I heard the water sloshing back and forth from the other room.

 

[LibertyBell]

7 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

48 degrees here as our below average early April continues. Looking forward getting back to above normal temps on Monday (probably mid 60s), and then mid 70s on Tuesday. 

and then two days of rain Wednesday and Thursday? I hope we resume our warmer sunnier pattern after that!

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, cleetussnow said:

Rocked her world I guess.

Probably the earthquake was responsible for that on the first date lol

[LibertyBell]

43 minutes ago, ag3 said:

Entire building was rumbling and vibrating for a good 15 seconds here in Bayside, Queens.

The other 2 earthquakes in my lifetime (NYC) were nothing like this one. Those were very weak.

Felt one in Greece as well, but didn't last long.

Definitely memorable and a bit scary.

Sometimes they go by so quickly and you don't realize it's an earthquake until after it's over.  This was not one of those.  It lasted long enough so that you knew it was an earthquake while it was happening, sort of like a slow motion train wreck, plus I noticed the shaking moving from one side of my house to the other and it was a violent kind of shaking, like some giant was holding my house in his hands and shaking it vigorously from the outside.

[Big Jims Videos]

I was in the middle of a serious interview on zoom from my office in Wall when it hit.  It took a few seconds to register what was happening. Very loud in person although the laptop recording didn't pick up the noise that much. 

 

[IrishRob17]

30 minutes ago, golfer07840 said:

it had some folks shaken up here (no pun intended). 

I remember the 2011 one. I was working in New Providence at the time, was sitting at my desk and suddenly it felt like I was on a wave. I actually started to think I was being hit with some weird vertigo attack. 5 seconds later my middle daughter texts me from VA, visiting my in-laws, with "Earthquake!"

That's a good analogy, 2011 did feel like vertigo where today just felt like a vibration and shaking. I'm in the same building that I was in 2011 but was on the third floor then, first floor now. I'm not sure how much of a factor that is but to me 2011 was worse so its interesting to read everyone's different take here.  

[golfer07840]

3 hours ago, Allsnow said:

 

Who the heck was keeping records back in the 1700's... prior to the Revolutionary War?...

[Snowlover11]

6 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Four aftershocks ranging from 1.8 to 2.2, so far.

havent felt those 4

[cleetussnow]

6 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I wonder if we can have tsunamis on lakes though? Or is there a different word for that?  A seish (spelling?)

In August 2011 I was actually getting ready to take a bath when that earthquake happened and my bathtub was full of water and I heard the water sloshing back and forth from the other room.

 

Yeah I know what you mean. Those can be nasty

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, IrishRob17 said:

That's a good analogy, 2011 did feel like vertigo where today just felt like a vibration and shaking. I'm in the same building that I was in 2011 but was on the third floor then, first floor now. I'm not sure how much of a factor that is but to me 2011 was worse so its interesting to read everyone's different take here.  

Wow, it was completely different down here, this one felt MUCH more violent and lasted MUCH longer, I was never scared in 2011, while with this one I felt like the walls were about to collapse and different parts of the house were shaking differently and it came in multiple waves.

 

[golfer07840]

Just now, IrishRob17 said:

That's a good analogy, 2011 did feel like vertigo where today just felt like a vibration and shaking. I'm in the same building that I was in 2011 but was on the third floor then, first floor now. I'm not sure how much of a factor that is but to me 2011 was worse so its interesting to read everyone's different take here.  

I'm 10 miles NW of Lebanon, NJ, so obviously this was far worse than 2011. 

 

It felt like someone hit the building at first, but then the rattling and rumbling continued and about 1/2 way thru it everyone stood up in horror. I was just standing there, looking outside seeing if any trees were moving (not sure why, but it was the first thing I did) and then we thought maybe something happened on the first floor with the welding shop. Then we all went outside and froze our butts off for 15 mins. 

[the_other_guy]

2 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Jeez

Guess you dont sit on everyday with one lane closed from 9-3

[BucksCO_PA]

27 minutes ago, golfer07840 said:

Who the heck was keeping records back in the 1700's... prior to the Revolutionary War?...

Don Sutherland's great, great, great, great.......grandfather

[Brian5671]

4 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

Guess you dont sit on everyday with one lane closed from 9-3

with no workers in sight....LOL

[FPizz]

Pissed I'm in Florida to miss the quake.  Epicenter was like 7 miles from me

[FPizz]

45 minutes ago, golfer07840 said:

Who the heck was keeping records back in the 1700's... prior to the Revolutionary War?...

Can't count those

[donsutherland1]

For those tracking historic earthquakes in the NYC area:

So far, there have been six minor aftershocks. Four were magnitude 2.0 or above. The strongest was magnitude 2.2.

[Snowlover11]

4 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

For those tracking historic earthquakes in the NYC area:

So far, there have been six minor aftershocks. Four were magnitude 2.0 or above. The strongest was magnitude 2.2.

where can i see the aftershock data? cause one site only shows 2.5 or greater.

[donsutherland1]

1 minute ago, Snowlover11 said:

where can i see the aftershock data? cause one site only shows 2.5 or greater.

You can find it here.

[bluewave]

2 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

animals always feel it sooner than we do, but in this case the dog was a little slow to react lol

I would not want to experience anything stronger than this. 
 

 

[Poker2015]

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

Four aftershocks ranging from 1.8 to 2.2, so far.

Haven't felt any of those. I'm only a few miles away from the epicenter. Was really cool to feel this morning. 

I was at a big sports complex with my 4 year old. He was in the bounce house, so didn't feel it, lol.

Shook the whole building.

[nycwinter]

1 hour ago, Snowlover11 said:

havent felt those 4

and you should not

[coastalplainsnowman]

Honest question - is there anything in a meteorologist's training that would make them particularly knowledgable about earthquakes?  I ask because most of the on air folks I'm watching today seem to be struggling.  Granted, they're being asked to make a story out of something which, other than some shaking and the novelty of it, is a not much of a story, but some of it is frankly tough to watch.  

[donsutherland1]

4 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Honest question - is there anything in a meteorologist's training that would make them particularly knowledgable about earthquakes?  I ask because most of the on air folks I'm watching today seem to be struggling.  Granted, they're being asked to make a story out of something which, other than some shaking and the novelty of it, is a not much of a story, but some of it is frankly tough to watch.  

No. Earthquakes are not part of atmospheric science, so anything related to earthquakes would be an elective course.

[JetsPens87]

8 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Honest question - is there anything in a meteorologist's training that would make them particularly knowledgable about earthquakes?  I ask because most of the on air folks I'm watching today seem to be struggling.  Granted, they're being asked to make a story out of something which, other than some shaking and the novelty of it, is a not much of a story, but some of it is frankly tough to watch.  

I know absolute donkey squat about earthquakes other than a core geology class that maybe had a 10 minute section on it.

Above ground = meteorology 

Below ground = geology

[donsutherland1]

14 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Haven't felt any of those. I'm only a few miles away from the epicenter. Was really cool to feel this morning. 

I was at a big sports complex with my 4 year old. He was in the bounce house, so didn't feel it, lol.

Shook the whole building.

Under 2.5, people generally don't feel them. The last time I felt an earthquake was in 2021 while on vacation in Bali. It was a strong aftershock from the August 5, 2018 Lombok quake. I wasn't there for the Lombok quake.

[nycwinter]

time to get back to weather what about next week rainstorm is it still on?

[gravitylover]

11 hours ago, MJO812 said:

I like cool and rainy

Go away

 

I had a much longer affect, 20 seconds easily starting with a bang then up and down with a lateral feel to it. Rattling windows and pictures on the outside walls. I was in the stone sunroom that sits on bedrock so it was probably amplified somewhat compared to a home on a slab over soil. The best part was the sound. It was like a huge helicopter directly overhead and it made my knees quiver. Cool shit.