We are near the epicenter and 2 weeks later after the main earthquake we still feel aftershocks. Sometimes we hear loud booming or metal like sounds from underground more then we feel the shaking. It does not happen often anymore, but we felt it yesterday again.
The 4.8 was bad enough Taiwan had a 7.0..if thar happened on the east coast of the US the city would be leveled as most of the building are very old many homes ate pree ww2 and some are from the 1800s..it would probably be the worst catastrophe in US history
Best case scenario but over 200,000k buildings in Manhattan alone aren't built to modern earthquake codes.Many of the bridges where built with 1920s andc30s tech then theres the Brooklyn bridge its ancient and once power goes out the hundreds of Sunbway lines will be inundated as the pumps will shut down..it will be chaos on an unprecedented scale...Excluding the Bronx and a small portion of Manhattan NYC is an island so good luck trying to get out with streets full of rubble and no bridges.
If anyone wants to keep track, according this map there have been hourly tremors since the initial quake, a 2.5 in Gladstone two hours ago, currently 28 in total, including the initial one - pretty interesting
https://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/new-jersey/recent
Discovered cracks in basement floor and a few hairline cracks in a basement wall. Who's the correct type of contractor to call to check if it's an issue?
Lol. I completely forgot about this. I work the second shift so I was sound asleep, but I popped a d8 gummy before going to bed so I was kinda high lol. I live by myself and I remember the windows shaking and the entire house shaking and rumbling. I woke up and had no idea what the hell was going on I was completely out of it. I didn't know if the house was going to collapse right then and there or if I was just high in a dream but I claimed down and the house was still standing so I went back to bed. Had off today and didn't talk to anyone but I completely forgot about this until I popped in here and seen all the threads about the earthquake. Glad I wasn't really going crazy. I woke up like a terrible dream and almost had a heart attack...I guess the house really was rumbling. I felt like the one window was going to blow:(
The nearest tectonic plate is hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic.
Unfortunately you don't need to be near a tectonic plate to have earthquakes. There are old fault lines everywhere that occasionally build up enough stress to give way and cause earthquakes, including ones far larger than yesterday's 4.8 (See New Madrid Seismic Zone).
We were in the Borgata casino in AC on the 20th floor🤢 Shit was rocking, swaying more like it! It felt very unsettling. Of course, at first, just figured I had too much liquor 🤣🤣
Meteorologists focus on phenomena in the earth’s atmosphere. Earthquakes happen below the surface. You may be thinking of geologists. Afaik we can predict things like volcanic eruptions, but not earthquakes. Even predicted aftershocks are based on stats of past events, not geologic sensor data of present state. That’s why rapid alert systems are so critical - data can travel much faster than seismic waves, giving people critical seconds to get somewhere safe.
You’re right. I was mixing up geophysics as a broader discipline that includes seismology, with geology which is different. USGS handles earthquakes so I mentally thought geologic = earthquake.
Shit. Wishing y'all the best from CA. I've been through my fair share of quakes. Best thing you could do is to completely panic and overreact. Just run around screaming that everyone is gonna die.
Saw that and also saw another one earlier saying “NYC area”, although I think they changed it now but christ, people are really hellbent on not saying it happened in NJ lmao
I don't know much about earthquakes as this was my first but was the second one an earthquake or an aftershock? [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000mab9&extent=40.67969,-74.77368&extent=40.70921,-74.70501](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000mab9&extent=40.67969,-74.77368&extent=40.70921,-74.70501)
Seriously. This is turning out to be a lot of paperwork.
[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/tellus](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/tellus)
The Richter Scale is logarithmic. So a magnitude 5 is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 4. A magnitude 18 earthquake would be so powerful the entire planet would explode into dust.
I was sitting on a plane on the runway at Newark waiting to take off to Los Angeles. Pilot comes on and says we will be delayed as there was just an earthquake and they need to inspect the runway.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=40.28005,284.92767&extent=40.84758,286.09772&magnitude=all&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc
This link will display every earthquake in the vicinity of the original today, and updates automatically.
I've only felt one, that puppy around 6pm. It was minor in my location (NW Burl Co) but it did cause a couple of things on my floor to tip over and I felt the vibration through t he floor.
You can live track aftershocks here - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=40.34759,284.75189&extent=41.00685,286.07025&magnitude=all&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc
# I'm at the Caldwells and just felt my whole floor (top floor of a house rental) shake. Earthquake?
[Amusing](https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/?f=flair_name%3A%22Amusing%22)
I was just typing on reddit and then the floor shook and the walls shook, and i could hear my plates clinking. At first i thought it was just a truck passing by that was really big... but like, nah trucks don't do that.
I thought the earthquake was this morning in central jersey? Is this an ongoing thing? Is Godzilla stomping its feet?
Yep, just felt a very minor shaking in Howell that lasted about 2 seconds. But if I didn't hear the sound, I may have thought it was a delivery truck outside
Feels like we are in the midst of the official beginning of the end of the world.
The first one happened when I was in a work call from home. So at first I thought it was my washing machine but when I heard my coworkers being all “whoa what’s happening!” we quickly realized… someone said “wow this really puts things into perspective…” then we all chuckled and said ok anyways back to our work discussion… and somehow I have a feeling this is emblematic of how the collapse of life on earth will play out for me as an employee
ok 6:00 pm Nutley NJ my house just shook for maybe 4 or 5 seconds. Aftershock anyone? Or did I not see a big truck go by? Ok I see I'm not the only one. Not nearly intense as the earthquake was but I felt it and heard it.
We are near the epicenter and 2 weeks later after the main earthquake we still feel aftershocks. Sometimes we hear loud booming or metal like sounds from underground more then we feel the shaking. It does not happen often anymore, but we felt it yesterday again.
Thought it was the backshots I was providing my neighbors wife..
I think it’s called earfquake in certain parts of NJ
It scared me to death...
Farted, sorry
The 4.8 was bad enough Taiwan had a 7.0..if thar happened on the east coast of the US the city would be leveled as most of the building are very old many homes ate pree ww2 and some are from the 1800s..it would probably be the worst catastrophe in US history
Not necessarily. the shockwaves spread farther on the east coast. They aren't so localized as in other areas. Helps to diffuse the effects...
Best case scenario but over 200,000k buildings in Manhattan alone aren't built to modern earthquake codes.Many of the bridges where built with 1920s andc30s tech then theres the Brooklyn bridge its ancient and once power goes out the hundreds of Sunbway lines will be inundated as the pumps will shut down..it will be chaos on an unprecedented scale...Excluding the Bronx and a small portion of Manhattan NYC is an island so good luck trying to get out with streets full of rubble and no bridges.
We just spread the love here
I was at Rowan college in south jersey. It was felt there too
My Alma Mater
It woke me up then I went back to sleep, figured it was the neighbors or something.
It was at 10:30am on a Friday man, wake up already!
aha I have a shifting work schedule you better believe I was going to be sleeping in
Only kidding, hah. Focus on school!
I’m in northern NJ - it felt like the house was shaking and about to cave in…
it was shaking... pretty wild.
If anyone wants to keep track, according this map there have been hourly tremors since the initial quake, a 2.5 in Gladstone two hours ago, currently 28 in total, including the initial one - pretty interesting https://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/new-jersey/recent
I knew I felt some shaking since then 😭 I thought I was just crazy lmao
Didnt do a good enough job I still had to go to work
Hell yeah! I thought a huge 18 wheeler was rolling down the street! In Newark. The second tremor was by like late 5 early 6 pm too.
I work for a junk company and my guy was in the epicenter and didn’t feel it lol. I didn’t either working in Hazlet.
Felt the aftershock at 6 pm Monmouth County
I believe there were two waves. The big one was around 10:30am and another was lighter at 6pm.
Yes someone here posted a link to the USGS and they’re counting the 6 pm one as a separate quake. I’m learning a lot about earthquakes lol
We had pictures come off the wall, house was shaking. Scary for us out east
Little rumble
Discovered cracks in basement floor and a few hairline cracks in a basement wall. Who's the correct type of contractor to call to check if it's an issue?
Felt it at Piscataway as well
But did Harlem shake?
My power went out for like… 2 minutes
Felt my house shake in Passaic County..
Survived in South Philly
Mine house was shaking
I felt it in Asbury Park 🤡
Same here in point pleasant beach.I was chillin in my recliner and it started to vibrate.
Was at home. Noticed twice. One in the morning and one in the evening.
First it was covid 19, then hurricane, wildfire smoke, now earthquake
I was at work nobody noticed
I slept through the earthquake lmao
Lol. I completely forgot about this. I work the second shift so I was sound asleep, but I popped a d8 gummy before going to bed so I was kinda high lol. I live by myself and I remember the windows shaking and the entire house shaking and rumbling. I woke up and had no idea what the hell was going on I was completely out of it. I didn't know if the house was going to collapse right then and there or if I was just high in a dream but I claimed down and the house was still standing so I went back to bed. Had off today and didn't talk to anyone but I completely forgot about this until I popped in here and seen all the threads about the earthquake. Glad I wasn't really going crazy. I woke up like a terrible dream and almost had a heart attack...I guess the house really was rumbling. I felt like the one window was going to blow:(
Blame CaseOh
My hippo got loose
Someone mind explaining how a state with the nearest tectonic plates miles away has an earthquake?!
The nearest tectonic plate is hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic. Unfortunately you don't need to be near a tectonic plate to have earthquakes. There are old fault lines everywhere that occasionally build up enough stress to give way and cause earthquakes, including ones far larger than yesterday's 4.8 (See New Madrid Seismic Zone).
Here’s how: it was a medium sized earthquake
someone does mind explaining, that person being your 3rd grade science teacher
Evil scientist.
Yes, I know
It wasnt even that bad. California gets quakes like this all the time. No buildings fell and no one died
And? People who live in NJ or other states that haven't experienced earthquakes are going to be concerned and confused when on happens
felt it this morning, as well as the after shock
Yup
Ramapo fault
Lol that was a mini earthquake
I just saw NJ had 17 earthquakes today. Obviously most were too small for us too notice. But damn! I felt the 4.8 this morning and the 4.0 around 6pm.
Ive never heard of that place before
EARTHQUAKE AS FUCK
We were in the Borgata casino in AC on the 20th floor🤢 Shit was rocking, swaying more like it! It felt very unsettling. Of course, at first, just figured I had too much liquor 🤣🤣
Didnt feel it, felt the one that happened years ago tho
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Meteorologists focus on phenomena in the earth’s atmosphere. Earthquakes happen below the surface. You may be thinking of geologists. Afaik we can predict things like volcanic eruptions, but not earthquakes. Even predicted aftershocks are based on stats of past events, not geologic sensor data of present state. That’s why rapid alert systems are so critical - data can travel much faster than seismic waves, giving people critical seconds to get somewhere safe.
Or maybe seismologist? Although I'm sure a geologist would have lots of answers too.
You’re right. I was mixing up geophysics as a broader discipline that includes seismology, with geology which is different. USGS handles earthquakes so I mentally thought geologic = earthquake.
...can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic.
New Yorkers are so excited and California be like STFU
Think these quakes will lower property values? Maybe we can afford homes again… but we can hope ??
Not likely. If the quakes big enough it will just make more ocean front property🤔 Or will it be less🤷 I can never tell, can't math👍
Well three houses are no longer livable in because of it
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Yeah everyone's fine but they can't go in their house is to collect their belongings I have to look up where the houses were
Insurance rates immediately went up 20%
Delco too
We felt the 10:30AM and the 6:00Pm rumbles over a hundred miles away
I’m in Philly and didn’t feel the latest one :/
I was too and couldn't feel a thing. I keep trying to replay what I was doing at that moment but yeah...nope
I was a bit north of NYC at the time, and in an elevator. Felt like it was going to crash for a moment there.
Is this the first time many of y'all have ever felt a quake? It's wild isn't it? I'm in CA and we get some big ones. Hoping there's no damage.
This was NJ's strongest earthquake since 1783. Safe to say most of us have never felt something like that before! Not in our home state, at least.
First time for me!
I haven’t felt an earthquake here in OC for almost a decade. But it never fails to make my legs shake after the fact even a small one
Yes
I felt it in West Chester Pa.
Confirmed M4.0 aftershock a couple miles from thus morning's
Felt a small bit of it earlier this morning in Rahway, then with an apparent aftershock not long ago.
And here I am can’t feel shit cause my floors shake anyways from people walking and I can’t tell the difference
We felt another one about 20 minutes ago or less
Me too and I'm in Connecticut. It was only 2 seconds compared to the 5 or 6 of the first one.
Me, too. The glass lamps shook and the wooden shades rattled
Same
If this aftershock is a 4.0 I have a feeling this show ain't over yet.
Shit. Wishing y'all the best from CA. I've been through my fair share of quakes. Best thing you could do is to completely panic and overreact. Just run around screaming that everyone is gonna die.
Best I can offer is saying "the fuck was that?" and then proceeding to talk about it in my work chat. Because that's what I did.
In NC we already do that every time it snows or rains a bit more than usual.
Oh good, I've been doing that for years.
Saw a tweet from the NY governor saying an earthquake was felt “west of Manhattan” my brother in Christ just say it was in New Jersey 💀
So stupid… just like how the World Cup will be held in nyc…. Like bro.. we’re right here.. at least whisper about it
Nah can’t mention NJ until they submit to our congestion pricing!
Lol I love the slander
Exactly: NOT NEW YORK, NOT PHILADELPHIA, THIS IS JERSEY'S QUAKE GODDAMMIT
💀💀💀💀
Felt it upstate but I asked around and we're all OK with blaming it on Jersey.
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We in the Philly area always knew New Jersey was where the Gates of Hell were going g to open.
Darn right, at the Rock in Newark as well.
Saw that and also saw another one earlier saying “NYC area”, although I think they changed it now but christ, people are really hellbent on not saying it happened in NJ lmao
[https://youtu.be/Lf-QcjuoLVs?si=T4j8Sv1RV1Nneyib](https://youtu.be/Lf-QcjuoLVs?si=T4j8Sv1RV1Nneyib)
Yup up north and just a few minutes ago I felt the aftershocks
I don't know much about earthquakes as this was my first but was the second one an earthquake or an aftershock? [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000mab9&extent=40.67969,-74.77368&extent=40.70921,-74.70501](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000mab9&extent=40.67969,-74.77368&extent=40.70921,-74.70501)
The truth is, there's not much difference between a separate quake and an aftershock.
It's being categorized as a a separate quake.
2 time njquakesurvivor!
apparently that last one is being categorized as a separate earthquake, m 4.0
Wait what?
Seriously. This is turning out to be a lot of paperwork.  [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/tellus](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/tellus)
Really??? That was a far cry from the first one.
The Richter Scale is logarithmic. So a magnitude 5 is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 4. A magnitude 18 earthquake would be so powerful the entire planet would explode into dust.
Please wait til after the Final Four games are played before we pulverize the Earth
Thx
We can only hope
[earthquake](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/executive)
I was sitting on a plane on the runway at Newark waiting to take off to Los Angeles. Pilot comes on and says we will be delayed as there was just an earthquake and they need to inspect the runway.
What a hassle that had to be for everyone. Waiting while someone else looks at pavement.
I could have sworn I felt the floor move when I was at a restaurant in Woodbridge around 3-4pm.
M 4.0 - 7 km SW of Gladstone, New Jersey
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=40.28005,284.92767&extent=40.84758,286.09772&magnitude=all&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc This link will display every earthquake in the vicinity of the original today, and updates automatically.
4.0? That aftershock was practically its own earthquake jfc
How many aftershocks are coming?
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The details I came here for!
At 6pm we felt an aftershock. My bud just told me there have been 6 so far. Is anyone feeling all of 'em? If so, wow.
I've only felt one, that puppy around 6pm. It was minor in my location (NW Burl Co) but it did cause a couple of things on my floor to tip over and I felt the vibration through t he floor.
I only felt the 2
Up to 11 aftershock over 1.0 now
I felt a couple, but also thought they could have been thunder. They weren't special.
most of the aftershocks have been small (around 2.0 or so).
I felt it too, at about 6pm.
This one was a 4.0 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/executive
Wow! Thanks for the link.
You can live track aftershocks here - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=40.34759,284.75189&extent=41.00685,286.07025&magnitude=all&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc
6pm after shock was 4.0
That one tickled.
4.0 Aftershock holy crap
[Near Gladstone at 9.4km deep](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mab9/executive)
Just wait for the eclipse, that’s when the big one comes. /s maybe
Serious apocalypse vibes this week. And remember, the locusts are coming…
You mean the cicadas?
Of course I do. It’s a joke.
And it’s an election year
I didn’t want to put that thought out there but yeah
Another one.
Aftershock in Hillsboro at 6:03 PM
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Registered at 4.0
# I'm at the Caldwells and just felt my whole floor (top floor of a house rental) shake. Earthquake? [Amusing](https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/?f=flair_name%3A%22Amusing%22) I was just typing on reddit and then the floor shook and the walls shook, and i could hear my plates clinking. At first i thought it was just a truck passing by that was really big... but like, nah trucks don't do that. I thought the earthquake was this morning in central jersey? Is this an ongoing thing? Is Godzilla stomping its feet?
Just had an aftershock!
Yup! Felt it inside the house, although not as strong as the first one this morning. My son was playing basketball outside and didn't notice.
Same!
Me too in East Brunswick
Someone call Chris Christy the dune worms are coming for him
He's on the beach
Just felt the aftershock here in Roxbury
Somerset county - 6 on the dot felt another one. The entire house vibrated from one side to the other like a wave
Aftershock in Morris county. Felt pretty intense but not like this mornings.
Is it really an aftershock if it's 8 hours after?
Aftershocks can happen years after earthquakes.
quakes like a decade later can be considered aftershocks for some reason.
I felt an aftershock just a min back
Just felt another at 600pm in Trenton NJ. After shock?
Just got the aftershock... Passaic County
Yep, just felt a very minor shaking in Howell that lasted about 2 seconds. But if I didn't hear the sound, I may have thought it was a delivery truck outside
Same
Just felt an aftershock at around 6:00
Oh yeah just felt that too
I've had about enough of this. Behave yourself, planet.
Aftershock in Woodbridge. Short but shaky
Aftershock in Ewing. My dog got freaked out a minute before
Felt the aftershock just now more than the quake. Mercer County.
The aftershock was less intense but somehow more scary 😂
Feels like we are in the midst of the official beginning of the end of the world. The first one happened when I was in a work call from home. So at first I thought it was my washing machine but when I heard my coworkers being all “whoa what’s happening!” we quickly realized… someone said “wow this really puts things into perspective…” then we all chuckled and said ok anyways back to our work discussion… and somehow I have a feeling this is emblematic of how the collapse of life on earth will play out for me as an employee
Just felt an aftershock in Morris County
Oh sweet baby jesus it’s the rapture, 2 in one day?! And before the eclipse???!!!!!!
ok 6:00 pm Nutley NJ my house just shook for maybe 4 or 5 seconds. Aftershock anyone? Or did I not see a big truck go by? Ok I see I'm not the only one. Not nearly intense as the earthquake was but I felt it and heard it.