Althouse: Earthquake in NYC.

April 5, 2024

Earthquake in NYC.

Did you feel it?

61 comments:

Lekha Rao said...: yes!; 4/5/24, 10:05 AM
Jeff Vader said...: Yes, 8th floor Madison ave, my under-30 colleagues all want to evacuate; 4/5/24, 10:06 AM
Leland said...: I think that was Gov. Abbott dropping the mic on Mayor Eric Adams misguided migrant housing policy.; 4/5/24, 10:10 AM
The Drill SGT said...: East coast quakes? LOL 4.5? 5.0? Just another day in quake land...; 4/5/24, 10:14 AM
Leland said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/5/24, 10:15 AM
Justabill said...: We felt it in Albany, although I was walking the dog and missed it. Friends in western Massachusetts also felt it.; 4/5/24, 10:20 AM
BillieBob Thorton said...: Yup! And I hope to never experience another. 5.something, the whole house was shaking. Went on for about 5-10 seconds.
EARTHQUAKE! ECLIPSE! Run for your lives!; 4/5/24, 10:23 AM
Kevin said...: In Boston, yes.; 4/5/24, 10:24 AM
BillieBob Thorton said...: First time, don't know how California deals with that on a regular basis.; 4/5/24, 10:24 AM
jae said...: All the way up in central NH.; 4/5/24, 10:26 AM
David Ermer said...: My son felt it in Baltimore. My office in DC didn't.; 4/5/24, 10:26 AM
Rit said...: The earthquake was actually in NJ. And yes, I felt it. Didn't seem like much, but a few miles from where I am the wife felt it more and thought our furnace had blown up.; 4/5/24, 10:26 AM
gspencer said...: The only NY earthquake worthy of taking note would be one where that state returns to behaving as it once did, namely, as one of the original thirteen.; 4/5/24, 10:26 AM
CheezWiz said...: I felt it 125 miles north of Midtown in Southwestern Mass. The whole house shook for about 5 seconds.; 4/5/24, 10:27 AM
Limited blogger said...: I live about 50 miles northwest of NYC.

The tremor was quite severe here. It lasted about 10 seconds.

The whole small house shook. I thought a large truck was driving by.

All my neighbors stepped out of their houses at the same time.

Scary.; 4/5/24, 10:27 AM
rhhardin said...: The epicenter was right along my weekend daily 100 mile bicycle loop in NJ. It was quiet then though. Also the interstate had a shoulder and allowed bicycles on it. Those were the good old days.; 4/5/24, 10:29 AM
wendybar said...: I got an earthquake for MY Birthday, my Brother in law is getting an Eclipse for his!!!; 4/5/24, 10:34 AM
Leland said...: Fortunately, The Empire State Building has reported safe from the 2024 Earthquake. I'm glad it decided not to prove the point made a couple of weeks ago about the notion of trying to stop a building size object from destroying road infrastructure.; 4/5/24, 10:35 AM
wendybar said...: The Epicenter was in NJ. We felt it at my house. My mother had never experience one before. This is my second in NJ.; 4/5/24, 10:35 AM
BillieBob Thorton said...: No damage just over reaction by the usual suspects. No after shocks by us.; 4/5/24, 10:37 AM
Ice Nine said...: 4.7? Cheap thrills, kids. Here in Marin County, we would look up for a couple seconds...then go back to work.; 4/5/24, 10:41 AM
Iman said...: Release the locusts!; 4/5/24, 10:48 AM
Iman said...: Earthquake!?!?

That was just Chris Christie tripping over a clue.; 4/5/24, 10:50 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Global climate change!; 4/5/24, 10:51 AM
JK Brown said...: * The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary
assessment of the earthquake and changes may occur.

* Magnitude 4.8
* Origin Time 1023 EDT Apr 05 2024
0923 CDT Apr 05 2024
1023 AST Apr 05 2024
1423 UTC Apr 05 2024
* Coordinates 40.7 North 74.8 West
* Depth 1 miles
* Location 40 miles E of Allentown, Pennsylvania
45 miles W of New York, New York; 4/5/24, 10:51 AM
Iman said...: “Here in Marin County, we would look up for a couple seconds...then go back to work.”

So that’s what they call clusterfuck orgies and substance abuse now?

My apologies for a little ‘70s humor…😆; 4/5/24, 10:55 AM
Rich said...: A 4.8 in New Jersey — that will get your attention.; 4/5/24, 11:01 AM
Rich said...: On a related note; would this event qualify Trump asking for an earthquake delay in the election interference hush money trial…..; 4/5/24, 11:06 AM
Chuck said...: I don't remember any earthquakes when we had PDJT in office. A strong president would never let this happen.

#Bidenquake.; 4/5/24, 11:11 AM
FWBuff said...: My daughter and son-in-law in Manhattan felt it.; 4/5/24, 11:15 AM
Drago said...: Letitia James files indictment against Trump for Improper Tectonic Plate Interference.

Judge Weirdo pronounces Trump guilty and schedules a non-jury civil trial for assessing financial penalty to begin on the first day of the Republican convention.; 4/5/24, 11:16 AM
Night Owl said...: Felt it all the way here in Maryland. But there was no sound, and the swaying was so gentle, I actually thought I was just dizzy.

They do a lot of military testing around here, and thought it might be that, except it went on much longer than usual; 5-10 seconds of swaying rather than the usual 1-2 seconds.; 4/5/24, 11:17 AM
Joe Smith said...: Carole King did...

Here in CA, we don't get off the couch for anything less than a 7.; 4/5/24, 11:45 AM
James K said...: I felt it in Manhattan. The building shook for 10-15 seconds. Even though quakes are rare here, I was pretty sure it was one, as it was a similar sensation to a moderate one I experienced in California 30 years ago. I didn’t hear them, but apparently it was enough to set off car alarms.; 4/5/24, 11:47 AM
Iman said...: This small earthquake's gonna leave ‘em in the poor house
And catering to illegals is insane
On the stock trading floor, a gold plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

h/t Gram Parsons; 4/5/24, 11:49 AM
ceowens said...: Upstate NY. Closer to Montreal than NYC. Substantial timber frame house with rattling dishes.; 4/5/24, 11:49 AM
Temujin said...: Nope. Deep blue skies, low humidity, 75 degrees, slight breeze, and full sunshine. It's Florida at its best.; 4/5/24, 11:55 AM
Enlighten-NewJersey said...: The epicenter was less than 20 miles from our home. We sure did hear and feel it.; 4/5/24, 12:08 PM
Kevin said...: East coast quakes? LOL 4.5? 5.0? Just another day in quake land...

Having lived on both coasts, you have to understand the event is a combination of the quake magnitude and the soil structure under your feet.

The East Coast sits on a very large, very hard plate, meaning energy travels farther than in the West Coast's multiple smaller plates.

See: New Madrid (Missouri) earthquakes of 1811–12:

Since the rocks in the eastern United States have few active faults to interrupt the propagation of seismic waves, ground vibrations from earthquakes generated in the region may travel thousands of miles. Shortly after the earthquake began, ground shaking was felt as far away as Canada in the north and the Gulf Coast in the south. Eyewitness accounts noted that the shaking rang church bells as far away as Boston, Massachusetts, and brought down chimneys in Cincinnati, Ohio, about 360 miles (580 km) away.; 4/5/24, 12:09 PM
Dogma and Pony Show said...: Earthquake in New York City
The Chrysler Building fell in my yard
But when the shit hits the fan
I think I'll have to make my way back to
Sunset Boulevard -- Todd Rundgren; 4/5/24, 12:19 PM
Denko said...: Apparently I'm the only person who didn't.; 4/5/24, 12:23 PM
Rich said...: A Trillion Cicadas emerging, ice storms and then earthquakes and then God himself eating the Sun? Good time to start a religion.; 4/5/24, 12:43 PM
Narayanan said...: gspencer said...
The only NY earthquake worthy of taking note would be one where that state returns to behaving as it once did, namely, as one of the original thirteen.
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didja mean to say ...

The trafficking of enslaved Africans to what became New York began as part of the Dutch slave trade. The Dutch West India Company trafficked eleven enslaved Africans to New Amsterdam in 1626, with the first slave auction held in New Amsterdam in 1655.[1] With the second-highest proportion of any city in the colonies (after Charleston, South Carolina), more than 42% of New York City households enslaved African people by 1703, often as domestic servants and laborers.[2] Others worked as artisans or in shipping and various trades in the city. Enslaved Africans were also used in farming on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, as well as the Mohawk Valley region.

During the American Revolutionary War, the British troops occupied New York City in 1776. The Philipsburg Proclamation promised freedom to enslaved persons who left rebel masters, and thousands moved to the city for refuge with the British. By 1780, 10,000 Black people lived in New York. Many had escaped from their enslavers who lived in both northern and southern colonies. After the war, the British evacuated about 3,000 enslaved people from New York, taking most of them to resettle as free people in Nova Scotia, where they are known as Black Loyalists.; 4/5/24, 1:40 PM
Robert Cook said...: I spoke by phone with a former work colleague (still on the job) in lower Manhattan, and she confirmed they felt it, as did three other friends of mine also in Manhattan. They all expressed it was noticeable, but not alarming.; 4/5/24, 1:41 PM
Richard said...: I feel the earth move under my feet!; 4/5/24, 1:42 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: The world is falling thru a hole in the handbasket, as I predicted.; 4/5/24, 2:19 PM
Fritz said...: It was supposedly felt in Annapolis and Baltimore, but we didn't feel it here in Slower Maryland.; 4/5/24, 2:48 PM
Paul said...: Earthquakes... eclipse.. volcanoes..invasion of illegals.. and Joe Biden...

Aw hell, it's the end of times!

FJB and TRUMP IN NOV!!!! AND VOTE EVERY DEMOCRAT OUT!!; 4/5/24, 3:32 PM
Mrs. X said...: I was not aware of it until I was told about it by one of my Manhattan apartment neighbors. I didn’t feel it retrospectively either.; 4/5/24, 3:37 PM
Drago said...: Rich: "A Trillion Cicadas emerging,..."

Similar to how LLR-democraticals emerge as a pack in election years to create gaslighting noise in support of The New Soviet Democraticals.

Every bit as monotonally irritating and devoid of logic and reason as the cicadas tymbal driven "song".; 4/5/24, 3:45 PM
Jim at said...: 4.8? Enough to get your attention.

Now, the 6.8 Nisqually quake in 2001? Whoo boy. Less than 10 miles from the epicenter.; 4/5/24, 4:26 PM
Jim at said...: And once again - on a subject that has nothing to do with Trump - what do certain idiots do? Talk about Trump.; 4/5/24, 4:27 PM
loudogblog said...: Luckily, it wasn't a big one. I have two observations: 1. There was a lot of wasted reporting about the quake from NYC. They were 40 miles away and barely felt it. The coverage should have focused on New Jersey. 2. A lot of people were making fun of the people who were scared by it. The thing about earthquakes is that you never know how strong it will be or how long it will last. Every major earthquake I've been through started out small and then got progressively bigger. You can't relax until it's over. It's a scary thing to have the earth move below you.

The strongest quake that I've been through was the Sylmar quake in 1971. It was a 6.5. It took the top three feet off of our chimney and threw the bricks all over the yard. (Which is why you should stay inside during an earthquake.) And that quake was 22 miles away from us.; 4/5/24, 4:36 PM
loudogblog said...: Narayanan said...
gspencer said...
"The only NY earthquake worthy of taking note would be one where that state returns to behaving as it once did, namely, as one of the original thirteen.
==================
didja mean to say ...

The trafficking of enslaved Africans to what became New York began as part of the Dutch slave trade. The Dutch West India Company trafficked eleven enslaved Africans to New Amsterdam in 1626, with the first slave auction held in New Amsterdam in 1655.[1] With the second-highest proportion of any city in the colonies (after Charleston, South Carolina), more than 42% of New York City households enslaved African people by 1703, often as domestic servants and laborers.[2] Others worked as artisans or in shipping and various trades in the city. Enslaved Africans were also used in farming on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, as well as the Mohawk Valley region.

During the American Revolutionary War, the British troops occupied New York City in 1776. The Philipsburg Proclamation promised freedom to enslaved persons who left rebel masters, and thousands moved to the city for refuge with the British. By 1780, 10,000 Black people lived in New York. Many had escaped from their enslavers who lived in both northern and southern colonies. After the war, the British evacuated about 3,000 enslaved people from New York, taking most of them to resettle as free people in Nova Scotia, where they are known as Black Loyalists."

Boy, talk about going off topic...

Also, Narayanan, you need to work on your attribution skills. Do not cut and paste without doing a proper attribution to the source.; 4/5/24, 4:47 PM
Joe Smith said...: Also known as king of the humble brag: 'I've eaten so much pussy I got cancer.'

: ); 4/5/24, 6:28 PM
Joe Smith said...: Wrong thread! : )

Belongs with Ben Franklin...; 4/5/24, 6:29 PM
Ambrose said...: The Earth moved for me as I was reading the Althouse blog.; 4/5/24, 8:29 PM
mongo said...: That must be why I missed my birdie putt on number 11 this morning in Maryland.; 4/5/24, 8:44 PM
Patrick English said...: It felt as if a helicopter was giving above the house. A 2nd one occurred at 6pm; it was a 4.0; 4/5/24, 10:23 PM
JAORE said...: I can understand why initial reactions led to news coverage. But I was home for the entire day (loved one recovering - nicely - from surgery).

But, even after it was clear there were no major impacts the news went on and on and on.

Mostly:
Reporter: Here in Bumfrick, PA we have Tod. Tod, did you feel it?
Tod: Yes, yes I did.
Reporter: How did you feel.
Tod: it was unsettling at first.
Reporter: Thank you Tod. Now we go to Bonelick, NY where a woman named Amy also felt the quake.

Behold NY, the center of the known -and unknown - universe.; 4/6/24, 10:15 AM
Tim said...: Did anything fall on Letitia James or "Judge" Engoron? No? Another wasted opportunity.; 4/6/24, 5:21 PM