Did anyone else feel that this morning? And after marveling at the preparedness of Taiwan, we get rumbling here with a scattershot alert system here, with some in NYC getting alerts 30 minutes late and the rest, nada. Get it together, USA.

I thought my building was collapsing. And, yes, the alerts were very late.

Lebanon, NJ was said to have been the epicenter but that tectonic activity was felt all over the NYC metropolitan area, the tri-state (including CT) and down the Atlantic to Philadelphia.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/05/us/earthquake-new-york

33 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

I thought my building was collapsing. And, yes, the alerts were very late.

Do you live in a pre-war building? I used to live in one and I loved the high ceilings but I doubt many pre-war buildings are reinforced structurally.

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Do you live in a pre-war building? I used to live in one and I loved the high ceilings but I doubt many pre-war buildings are reinforced structurally.

I do, yeah. In Washington Heights. And it was super frightening for that very reason. I jumped into a doorway, but I doubt that would have been helpful if the building was crumbling.

13 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

I do, yeah. In Washington Heights. And it was super frightening for that very reason. I jumped into a doorway, but I doubt that would have been helpful if the building was crumbling.

That does sound kinda scary. Glad you are safe.

Glad everyone from SON is safe. @AbcNbc247 was on earlier this morning before earthquake hit. I hope he's ok too! It hit directly in his area.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

Glad everyone from SON is safe. @AbcNbc247 was on earlier this morning before earthquake hit. I hope he's ok too! It hit directly in his area.

😊😊😊😊😊😊😃😃😃😃😃

Thanks! I’m fine. I was in my office in Lower Manhattan when the quake hit. I didnt know what it was at first, but then when I heard my coworkers talking about it, I knew what was going on.

Actually, as I type this, I think we just had an aftershock. 

5 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

😊😊😊😊😊😊😃😃😃😃😃

Thanks! I’m fine. I was in my office in Lower Manhattan when the quake hit. I didnt know what it was at first, but then when I heard my coworkers talking about it, I knew what was going on.

Actually, as I type this, I think we just had an aftershock. 

Yeah, people are saying on Twitter they felt it. I am traveling now so I’m not there to witness it like this morning.

DID YOU FEEL THAT? Another aftershock just shook NYC.

— NYScanner (@nyscanner) April 5, 2024

1 minute ago, Faulkner said:

Yeah, people are saying on Twitter they felt it. I am traveling now so I’m not there to witness it like this morning.

Luckily, it didn’t happen while I was on the train going home lol 

@AbcNbc247

Glad to hear you are ok. Be careful with those aftershocks.

Can't believe an earthquake in NJ of all places.

Of course we had one in Texas a while back. I remember sitting in my chair and it moving around on me. Later I found out I live close to a fault line.

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

@AbcNbc247

Glad to hear you are ok. Be careful with those aftershocks.

Can't believe an earthquake in NJ of all places.

Of course we had one in Texas a while back. I remember sitting in my chair and it moving around on me. Later I found out I live close to a fault line.

Thanks! 

We get them every so often. The last time was in 2011

Just now, AbcNbc247 said:

Thanks! 

We get them every so often. The last time was in 2011

You need to move!😂

2 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

You need to move!😂

I’ll see 😂😂😂