NYC earthquake

[oblongmelon]

Did everyone see that on the news?
Minor Earthquake Shakes New York

NEW YORK (AP) - A minor earthquake shook the New York City area early Saturday, rattling the nerves of some residents still jumpy in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

A magnitude-2.6 earthquake hit under Manhattan around 1:42 a.m., said Dr. John Ebel, director of the Weston Observatory at Boston College, which monitors seismic activity in the Northeast.

``That's more than a tremor. That's a small earthquake,'' Ebel said.

At first, police scrambled to determine the source as 911 calls flooded in reporting shaking buildings and a booming sound, said Detective Edward Reuss, a spokesman for the New York Police Department.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, Reuss said. Recovery work continued uninterrupted at the site of the World Trade Center collapse.

Carolyn Bell, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites), said the quake was felt into Long Island and New Jersey.

New Yorker Josephine Toscamo said she was woken by a loud boom. ``I'm a little shaken up so I'm going to spend the night at my friend's,'' she said.

The last significant natural seismic event to strike the city was a magnitude-2.4 earthquake on Jan. 17.

[Burzhui]

yea there was one in the wee hours of the morning... no biggie it went through manhattan and long island

[Y2J]

2.4 is nothing, I wouldnt feel it if it happened

[BrewMaster]

seriously. A 2.6 earthquake is my roommate jumping outta bed. I wouldn't feel that. it's gotta be at least a 4.0+ to mean anything.

[zenbooty]

I didn't notice. I was feeling pretty toasty by then, though .:bandit: :cheers:

[joe52985]

AHHH shnit its starting nostradomus is right, he predicted tat manhatten would be ripped apart by earthquakes, and there is a fault line under manhatten...its begginning. off to canada i go

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by joe52985
AHHH shnit its starting nostradomus is right, he predicted tat manhatten would be ripped apart by earthquakes, and there is a fault line under manhatten...its begginning. off to canada i go

ROFL, you funny:heh:

[joe52985]

im not kidding, im all patriotic and everything but if this keeps going on im getting the f*** up outta here and going to our brothers up north

[BrewMaster]

haha. I knew I never wanted to live in NY. Now I'm sure.

[oblongmelon]

HEY NY is a huge place you know..fyi NOT ALL of ny is manhattan, or people with nasaly accents as portrayed on TV..upstate NY happens to have a bit of charm on its own at times..

[ArkiStan]

Yeah this is exactly why i live in San francisco!!....Waaaiitt a second...:hmm:

[Lolita]

believe it or not, i actually felt that earthquake, i woke up and found myself shaking and i sat up and was waiting for something to happen but nothing did, so convinced that it was all in my head and that i am officially crazy i went back to sleep, and then the next day i find out that there was an eartquake...(btw, my friend who lives in the same building also felt the place shake and was also convinced that shes crazy)

[Jihforce]

We had one in LA this morning. I was kinda sleeping at the time. :P Why do earthquakes always catch me at the weirdest hrs??? :D

[OC]

2.6? No, really - 2.6?!?

That's like, I dunno, rolling over in bed or something...

-OC

[eSDee]

Yep we're jaded here in Cali. 2.5 isn't much but I can understand someone whose not used to it still being shaken up by it, especially those in NY City. I hope all you in New York are doing ok :bigeyes:

[aglio412]

how's montana this time of year? man...i just wanna live in the middle of nowhere and be a farmer...as long as i can get DSL or a cable modem