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I've heard about the earthquake in New Jersey, I hope none of our friends are having any problems with it.  I know @billchao is in the general area, and I'm sure there are others.  Magnitude 4.8 isn't really severe, but I know its a shock when it happens.  I remember the 2011 quake in Virginia, wondering WTF was happening., 

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1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

I've heard about the earthquake in New Jersey, I hope none of our friends are having any problems with it.  I know @billchao is in the general area, and I'm sure there are others.  Magnitude 4.8 isn't really severe, but I know its a shock when it happens.  I remember the 2011 quake in Virginia, wondering WTF was happening., 

There hasn’t been any issues as far as I know. I don’t believe magnitude 4.8 is strong enough to do any real damage.

A few people I talked to today said they didn’t even feel it, though I suspect it wasn’t so much that they didn’t feel it as much as they couldn’t identify what it was. When it started I thought “I better go look at the HVAC unit on the roof, it’s vibrating excessively” but I was feeling it from the ground so I realized it was an earthquake. I remember the feeling from when I was a kid.

As I was typing this post in my dining room, an aftershock hit. Weaker and shorter than the original.

Bill

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I felt it outside Philly but I thought it was a large truck going by my office, which is a common occurrence. But my wife called and asked if I felt it. She spent seven years in Northern California and knew right away what it was. A friend in South Jersey said that pictures on his wall rattled for 10-15 seconds.

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14 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

I know @billchao is in the general area

Coincidence? I don’t think so! I heard the epicenter was under a Wendy’s near Tewksbury, NJ! @billchao! What did you do?!!!

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4 hours ago, boogielicious said:

Coincidence? I don’t think so! I heard the epicenter was under a Wendy’s near Tewksbury, NJ! @billchao! What did you do?!!!

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I felt it all the way up in Albany. Was actually taking a dump and it felt like someone was in the basement shaking the pipe underneath the toilet. Very unnerving.

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44 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

I've heard about the earthquake in New Jersey, I hope none of our friends are having any problems with it.  I know @billchao is in the general area, and I'm sure there are others.  Magnitude 4.8 isn't really severe, but I know its a shock when it happens.  I remember the 2011 quake in Virginia, wondering WTF was happening., 

I'm on Long Island - about 70 or so miles from the epicenter. I felt it. Thought process went: oh wow, that's a serious gust of wind. Wait - no it isn't. What is that? A big truck going by? Nope. Wait - was that an earthquake? No can't be. 

Then I went and checked all the stuff in the basement to make sure like my water heater didn't explode or anything. Then I hunted on google for a while and found nothing and then my wife texted me saying "we had an earthquake!!!" First time in my life I've felt one. Was wild. Felt like the fillings rattling around in my head.

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The missus said some thing about one in NJ, was wondering how the TST crew had fared….good to read all fared well.

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