Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northeastern U.S.

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Source: CNBC

Published Fri, Apr 5 2024 10:32 AM EDT Updated 19 Min Ago


A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the northeastern U.S. on Friday morning. The earthquake was felt from Boston down to Baltimore at 10:23 a.m. ET, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

In New York City, where tremors were felt for more than 30 seconds, there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, but the quake triggered numerous delays and temporary closures of transportation infrastructure in the area.

The epicenter of the quake was detected about 45 miles west of New York City, and 40 miles east of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in an area north of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the USGS.

Earthquakes of Friday’s magnitude are relatively rare in the northeastern U.S., and the intensity and duration of Friday’s quake startled people across the region. The quake was the third-largest recorded around the New York metropolitan region in nearly 75 years.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/05/earthquake-strikes-new-york-new-jersey-region.html

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Felt it as I was about to head out to PT (which is where I’m posting from).

Article updated.

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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northeastern United States

PUBLISHED FRI, APR 5 202410:32 AM EDTUPDATED 1 MIN AGO


A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.

The earthquake was felt from Boston down to Baltimore, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Many incoming flights at the three major airports in and right outside York City were being diverted from landing because of the quake, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The epicenter of the quake was detected about 4.5 miles north, northeast of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the USGS.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. 4.8-magnitude earthquake reported in northern New Jersey, USGS says, causing buildings to shake

Link to tweet

[Jrose]

2. I felt the quake this morning as I sat in bed reading my tablet...

in southern part of Brooklyn, New York... thought I was having dizzy spells for about 3 minutes... drank some bottled water that was on my bedside table... and soon it stopped.
Now I see how widespread and strong this quake was!
On alert, per Mayor Adams, for any 'aftershocks'.

[cstanleytech]

3. There was a 4.1 in South Carolina that we felt here in the Augusta Ga (aka the shithole) are in 2014 that cracked tiles.

[TheRickles]

4. I'm in Western MA and my first thought was that snow was sliding off the roof as the weather was warming up this morning

Then I thought the oil burner had conked out, but I turned up the thermostat and it kicked right in. My last thought was an earthquake, because the rumbles persisted for a second or two, like the 5.3er I'd experienced in Central California many years ago.
So it's good to get this confirmation, and especially to hear that no damage was reported. Maybe Mother Earth is shifting gears as she heads into Spring....

[BlueKota]

5. Did not feel this one

I did feel the one that hit Attica in 1984. I heard my dorm room door rattling in the very early morning. The building seemed like it was swaying a bit. The local fire department's alarm, which unfortunately did kind of sound like an air-raid siren started going off, and some girl in the room underneath mine, screamed, "we are being nuked."

A continuing education friend of mine, who lived at home, said she and her husband thought their golden retriever had gotten under the bed for some reason, and was shaking it.
No one even considered an earthquake until we listened to the news later on. Thank God they don't happen too often and when they do usually they are so minor no one notices.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Checking in from Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ

I was on a treadmill in Ridgewood and felt and heard nothing.

I drove to Haledon (five miles away from Ridgewood) and felt and heard nothing.

I went to the post office in Haledon and it was reported that the earthquake was strong there.

[Hekate]

7. Glad you guys are all okay! It can be a bit unnerving...

from the San Andreas and other associated faults on the Left Coast.

[meow2u3]

8. I heard and felt something shaking in my apartment

I'm in Nazareth, PA, about 15 miles from Bethlehem, PA, and I heard and felt something startling. At first, I thought my neighbor was making a lot of racket, but I forgot that she sleeps until 11 AM. I never experienced a quake before in my life.

[electric_blue68]

9. Weird, right?! My first one was in Manhattan early mid 80s...

A friend said there had been 3 more since then. Wth? Never felt those!

This is (thank goodness ) only my second one.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Were you there during the 2011 Virginia quake that could be felt all along the east coast?

I think that one was a 5.8 and I remember being downtown Philly at work when my work building started rocking back and forth and the walls were creaking and groaning (it was one of those WPA buildings). I remember searching furiously on the 'puter to find out where the hell it coming from and was shocked that the epicenter was all the way down in VA (but was a moderate quake).

The old east coast rock is so interconnected that the kinetic waves from a quake literally expand out from the source and all along that rock formation.

[BigmanPigman]

16. There was one in Huntingdon Valley, PA

In 1980. I was in high school art class and it was sunny but I heard thunder. No one else noticed it and later I found out I was right.

"In Pennsylvania, Montgomery County experienced a series of quakes during three months in 1980, the largest centered in Abington at magnitude 3.7 on March 11. The quakes—located around the Huntington Valley fault, running through Glenside, Abington, and Jenkintown—began on March 2, 1980."

I moved to CA and I am always prepared. I have a list and an emergency backpack so I can be out of my door with important papers, etc in 30 seconds.

[Polybius]

10. It woke me right out of bed

I thought the house was gonna collapse. I'm in Staten Island.

[IbogaProject]

18. Fellow late sleeping NYCer !!

I felt it that way too.

[The Grand Illuminist]

11. Earthquakes don't happen there.

nt

[BumRushDaShow]

15. My first thought was that

someone's head exploded. And then I looked on the map and might have confirmed that!



(red square was around where the epicenter was and the red circle is where you-know-who-lives in summer )

[NNadir]

13. I described my NJ experience of the quake...

...over in the NJ forum: NJ Earthquake: It turns out that's what the bang and boom here was.

No offense to my friends in California but here in New Jersey, we even do our Earthquakes better.

[nuxvomica]

14. I felt it all the way up in Queensbury

Which is about half-way between Saratoga Springs and Lake George. I felt some weird jiggling in the house this morning and having had a colonoscopy yesterday I wondered if it was an after effect of the sedative I had been given. It was either that or an earthquake but I thought, can't be an earthquake. Then I looked at my email and saw the New York Times breaking news alert.

[Passages]

17. Not likely I will ever forget the shaking of my house.

Everything was fine but it left me realizing how in just a moment all can change and not necessarily for the better.