4.8 earthquake. I felt it.
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Caught my attention too. First thought was "earthquake", but then the cat came running into the room and I thought she had knocked something over in the other room. 
My daughter texted from NYC just then and said it was really strong there, the chandelier was swinging and pets freaking out. It was in North Jersey, so closer to her.
My daughter texted from NYC just then and said it was really strong there, the chandelier was swinging and pets freaking out. It was in North Jersey, so closer to her.
I was cutting a banana, and the back of the house rumbled enough to make me concerned. I went out to the front door and looked around, and a big gust of wind came in, so I wrote it off as a gust. But then my daughter called from Marlton (facetime), and my grandaughter was scared with tears. They felt it more than I did.
Epicenter was evidently around here
https://boydsmaps.com/#15.00/40.683463/-74.753184/legacy24k/0.00/0.00
more maps and info here
https://boydsmaps.com/#15.00/40.683463/-74.753184/legacy24k/0.00/0.00
more maps and info here
I'm fascinated by the contour "shake map" map. The Williamstown bubble, the bulb coming up from Cape May, that weird prong coming down toward Sea Isle. It really surprises me that the reports I'm seeing don't correspond more to distance. Data point: none of my family in Hammonton felt it. Also: personally disappointed as I was on PATCO in 2011 and was already rattling around too much to feel it. I keep missing these.
Sorry, I forgot to add that: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ma74/shakemap/intensity . It's what they're calling the "Shake Map." I clicked on "contours" and clicked through to the full map. I can't quite tell the source of the data. I don't think it's just user reports, which presumably would be biased by population.
The link I posted above lists a bunch of USGS products, including the shake map
Very different from 2011 for me. Back then, I happened to be standing at the end of a long straight hall in my home. I literally saw the shockwave travel down the hall, like a ripple in a pond. Never saw (or felt) anything like that before. There's a thread here, I linked to it in our recent discussion of sonic booms.
Very different from 2011 for me. Back then, I happened to be standing at the end of a long straight hall in my home. I literally saw the shockwave travel down the hall, like a ripple in a pond. Never saw (or felt) anything like that before. There's a thread here, I linked to it in our recent discussion of sonic booms.
My wife and some others in our neighborhood just felt another one several minutes ago here in Chester County, PA.
"I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth..." Revelation 6:12
Buckle up!
Buckle up!
Apparently there have been multiple aftershocks. Did not notice any here but was doing housecleaning with the vacuum cleaner running. 
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