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Felt that very strongly in southern Westchester county NY. Not like the 2011 earthquake I felt in NYC, which was kind of slow and made the building I was in swa

Felt that very strongly in southern Westchester county NY. Not like the 2011 earthquake I felt in NYC, which was kind of slow and made the building I was in sway violently; this was more like the vibrations from a huge truck passing nearby, but more intense. Loud and very unpleasant, about 15 seconds duration. Did not like that at all, am now inspecting all our services like gas and water for disruption, checking for cracks and so on.

mtalantikite 3y ago
There actually was a large truck coming down my block in Brooklyn at the same time it started and it took me a second to realize that no, it actually was an earthquake. And I definitely agree, the 2011 one was more of a sway, this felt like a rumble.
- hateful 3y ago
  I'm on Long Island and there was a train passing at the same time.
- TuringNYC 3y ago
  Funny you say that! I live in NJ now and felt the quake today. I just brushed it away as a truck passing by (I grew up in Brooklyn.) In NYC, it is so common for large trucks, major construction, pile drivers, subways running under the building, bad roads causing trucks to shake, etc...that I am just used to this. I have not yet gotten accustomed to the stillness of suburbs despite being here for years now. (Side note: In NYC you can also get stillness and quiet, usually by going upwards into skyscrapers)
georgeecollins 3y ago
As a native Californian this provokes a bit of a chuckle. Try a six plus sometime! But seriously, I hope everything is fine.
- __loam 3y ago
  Buildings a quite a bit older on the east coast and building codes are obviously more lax so we should probably have some empathy here haha.
  - gosub100 3y ago
    Plus the main aqua duct that supplies several million people is old and fragile. A simple earthquake could possibly turn into a Flint, Michigan level disaster.
- ancientworldnow 3y ago
  The geology of the east coast makes earthquakes about ten times more intense (according to usgs) so this is similar to a west coast high five.
  - wilg 3y ago
    What does "intense" mean?
    - nashashmi 3y ago
      The shockwaves travel further. The 2011 earthquake was in Virginia and everyone felt it on the eastern seaboard. It was only 2.4 M too. Still.
      - areyousure 3y ago
        In case anyone was curious, the 2011 Virginia earthquake was magnitude 5.8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
        nashashmi 3y ago
        Yes. Thanks for the correction. I didn’t know
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cocochanel 3y ago
it's a 4.8 lol
- chrinic74929 3y ago
  > it's a 4.8 lol Equivalent in lateral motion/shakiness to a California 6.0 due to the shallow depth of the 4.8
  - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
    Lol, now you are making stuff up. Most local magnitude scales are >>> determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs. Adjustments are included to compensate for the variation in the distance between the various seismographs and the epicenter of the earthquake[1]. So unless people in the East have seismographs located farther underground with scientists staffing them really deep underground -for reasons beyond me- "Shallow depth" is irrelevant. Also, there's no such thing as a "feels like X magnitude" earthquake [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale [2] https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/22348/what-magnitude-does-it-feel-like-when-far-away-in-an-earthquake https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/22348/what-...
    - jpalawaga 3y ago
      From your stack overflow link: >"Feels like" is measured on seismic intensity scales such as the Mercalli scale. These measure the peak acceleration or velocity at a given point, or the damage done by the earthquake. Intensity is influenced by many things, such as the depth of the earthquake, the distance to the ruptured section of the fault, and the local surface material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_sc... NYC has had 5.x earthquakes that have caused e.g. chimneys to collapse, something unheard of in california.
      - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
        The Mercalli scale you cite is defined in roman numerals. The parent posted decimals. As you said, they are not the same thing.
lensquake 3y ago
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reddit_clone 3y ago
>earthquake I felt in NYC I am getting anxious just thinking about this. With all those sky scrappers..
- zaptrem 3y ago
  They thought of this! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper
- q1w2 3y ago
  Sky scrappers are the safest buildings to be in during an Earthquake. The most dangerous are the oldest much smaller masonry multilevel buildings.
  - reddit_clone 2y ago
    This is like flying commercial. Your brain knows it is statistically safest. But your palms sweat during takeoff and landing no matter.
cpersona 3y ago
I was explaining the same to my wife. I think the last one was in D.C. and it felt the room was spinning slightly. Today was quite a different experience and truly scary for a moment as it started to ramp up and seemed like it wouldn't stop getting more intense.

mtalantikite 3y ago

There actually was a large truck coming down my block in Brooklyn at the same time it started and it took me a second to realize that no, it actually was an earthquake. And I definitely agree, the 2011 one was more of a sway, this felt like a rumble.

hateful 3y ago
I'm on Long Island and there was a train passing at the same time.
TuringNYC 3y ago
Funny you say that! I live in NJ now and felt the quake today. I just brushed it away as a truck passing by (I grew up in Brooklyn.) In NYC, it is so common for large trucks, major construction, pile drivers, subways running under the building, bad roads causing trucks to shake, etc...that I am just used to this. I have not yet gotten accustomed to the stillness of suburbs despite being here for years now. (Side note: In NYC you can also get stillness and quiet, usually by going upwards into skyscrapers)

georgeecollins 3y ago

As a native Californian this provokes a bit of a chuckle. Try a six plus sometime! But seriously, I hope everything is fine.

__loam 3y ago
Buildings a quite a bit older on the east coast and building codes are obviously more lax so we should probably have some empathy here haha.
- gosub100 3y ago
  Plus the main aqua duct that supplies several million people is old and fragile. A simple earthquake could possibly turn into a Flint, Michigan level disaster.
ancientworldnow 3y ago
The geology of the east coast makes earthquakes about ten times more intense (according to usgs) so this is similar to a west coast high five.
- wilg 3y ago
  What does "intense" mean?
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    The shockwaves travel further. The 2011 earthquake was in Virginia and everyone felt it on the eastern seaboard. It was only 2.4 M too. Still.
    - areyousure 3y ago
      In case anyone was curious, the 2011 Virginia earthquake was magnitude 5.8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
      - nashashmi 3y ago
        Yes. Thanks for the correction. I didn’t know

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cocochanel 3y ago

it's a 4.8 lol

chrinic74929 3y ago
> it's a 4.8 lol Equivalent in lateral motion/shakiness to a California 6.0 due to the shallow depth of the 4.8
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
  Lol, now you are making stuff up. Most local magnitude scales are >>> determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs. Adjustments are included to compensate for the variation in the distance between the various seismographs and the epicenter of the earthquake[1]. So unless people in the East have seismographs located farther underground with scientists staffing them really deep underground -for reasons beyond me- "Shallow depth" is irrelevant. Also, there's no such thing as a "feels like X magnitude" earthquake [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale [2] https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/22348/what-magnitude-does-it-feel-like-when-far-away-in-an-earthquake https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/22348/what-...
  - jpalawaga 3y ago
    From your stack overflow link: >"Feels like" is measured on seismic intensity scales such as the Mercalli scale. These measure the peak acceleration or velocity at a given point, or the damage done by the earthquake. Intensity is influenced by many things, such as the depth of the earthquake, the distance to the ruptured section of the fault, and the local surface material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_sc... NYC has had 5.x earthquakes that have caused e.g. chimneys to collapse, something unheard of in california.
    - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
      The Mercalli scale you cite is defined in roman numerals. The parent posted decimals. As you said, they are not the same thing.

lensquake 3y ago

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reddit_clone 3y ago

>earthquake I felt in NYC I am getting anxious just thinking about this. With all those sky scrappers..

zaptrem 3y ago
They thought of this! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper
q1w2 3y ago
Sky scrappers are the safest buildings to be in during an Earthquake. The most dangerous are the oldest much smaller masonry multilevel buildings.
- reddit_clone 2y ago
  This is like flying commercial. Your brain knows it is statistically safest. But your palms sweat during takeoff and landing no matter.

cpersona 3y ago

I was explaining the same to my wife. I think the last one was in D.C. and it felt the room was spinning slightly. Today was quite a different experience and truly scary for a moment as it started to ramp up and seemed like it wouldn't stop getting more intense.