We had an Earthquake Here on Long Island This Morning

[Dr. Snubnose]

Yep...3.9 magnitude....at 10:45 am.... I was about 100 miles from the epicenter....darn thing woke me up too...at first I thought it was thundering outside..I looked no Rain hmmmm...then I thought People where moving furniture on the floor above me in the apt. I live in....nope....Earthquake...I didn't even know what it was so I went back to sleep....Oh well.....yawn....Doc

[c.joe]

I hate earthquakes. They always startle me and put me in a temporary fight mode because I'm usually by myself when things start shaking. (I just assume there's someone in the house)

Glad you're alright though. I need to restock on food since most of my emergency food is close to expiring! This is a good reminder for me since I live in earthquake country.

[SmoothOne25]

property damaged?

be safe

[jackknifeh]

Yep...3.9 magnitude....at 10:45 am.... I was about 100 miles from the epicenter....darn thing woke me up too...at first I thought it was thundering outside..I looked no Rain hmmmm...then I thought People where moving furniture on the floor above me in the apt. I live in....nope....Earthquake...I didn't even know what it was so I went back to sleep....Oh well.....yawn....Doc

Aren't you on the wrong side of the country for something like that?

Jack

[tonydahose]

we had one outside of Chicago last year. i was at the firehouse and slept right through it , the earthwake didn't have anything on the snorers in the bunkroom . glad to hear nobody got hurt or anything damaged for you Doc.

[slice22358]

We've had 2 earthquakes in the last couple of months in Norman, OK. I signed up for tornados, not earthquakes!!! Maybe its 2012 starting up

[Dr. Snubnose]

No damage or anything like that...yeah I always thought we were too far away from the other side of the country for stuff like this. There seems to be a fault line running across the Island here from South to North and IIRC there's another someplace upstate NY. This one happened off the east coast...but other then some strange noises, like the earth had indigestion...there wasn't anything more Thank God...Thanks for the concerns...Doc

[Water Bug]

Glad to hear you're fine, Doc.

I went through a big earthquake in the Philippines back in 1990. I believe it was 7.7 on the Richter scale at the epicenter. We were rocking at around 5.6 at Clark AB. Seems I recall seeing the concrete walls in my room flexing as things were shaking.

[stonyman]

Glad you are ok there Doc! Take care and God Bless!

[TexSierra]

Earthquakes are amazing. Just think about the amount of energy involved in shaking hundreds of millions of tons of solid rock!!!!! Just awe inspiring

[c.joe]

Earthquakes are amazing. Just think about the amount of energy involved in shaking hundreds of millions of tons of solid rock!!!!! Just awe inspiring

I have honestly never thought about it like that! Fascinating indeed!

[java]

Aren't you on the wrong side of the country for something like that?

Jack

Charleston, SC Earthquake, Aug-Sept 1886

New Madrid earthquake of 1811

No one is safe!! At 8.1 - 8.2, the New Madrid Quake is often called the most powerful earthquake to hit the US mainland. The San Francisco quake of 1908 was a 7.8 in comparison.

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