Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes Long Island



Long Islanders got an unusual and unpleasant surprise on Friday morning, when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake centered in New Jersey shook the region.

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42 thoughts on “Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes Long Island”

  1. if the east coast is getting earthquakes what do think the west coast's earthquake will be like after more then over 25 years over due anyone ever take that into consideration what is to come?? Wake up world Pay Attention its better then you realize.

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  2. Seemed pretty weak and barely lasted a couple of seconds. Guessing that area isn't use to earthquakes?

    We've had 2 earthquakes above 1.5 today already here in western washington. In fact we've had 9 earthquakes in the past 4 days between 1.5 and 2.8 magnitude. I sleep through most of the bigger ones above 3 or 4. Last one I remember was in 2001'ish that was about 6.9, that one you could really feel.

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  3. A 2.5 to 5.4 earthquake is a minor quake which causes no damage. So this is a non story . New York is just trying to get some sympathy after years of bad reports on the state of New York

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  4. Well it has finally shook up it's time to go buddy besides all that nonsense that's going on everywhere now America stuck going to start getting the earthquakes that's how the Earth cleanses itself by shaking human bugs off of it

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  5. Yeah a little on suddenly for the next one that comes it's going to probably it has to come sooner or later you know why it that's the only thing that can actually change human beings besides that there's nothing worse don't work nothing everything is is a disaster

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  6. Hi! I am a student from PS 277 in Brooklyn and we felt it too the person across my table known as Santino his watch started to send out a EAS alarm and everyone started panicking or making jokes about it for some reason and the alarm also went off on my teachers phone and 10 minutes later we were at the cafeteria and my friend Santino again his watch started going off again! And it said it was magnitude 4.8 and my friend Richard on the other hand which is the smartest kid in my class 202 he started making jokes about it, and he didn’t know it was serious One thing he said was “ What if the table started flying like Harry Potter” that was a joke I recalled and then seconds later, the table started shaking a little and when I looked around no one was kicking the table and I knew it was serious oh yeah, and my name is Cyrus tam right before the incident I remember that we were in the middle of the afternoon that’s all I remember.

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  7. Hahahaha what a coincidence, while teaching about earthquakes one hits.
    I know that some people are not as scared because this is the first time they have experienced an earthquake, but let me tell you that growing up in Colombia where strong earthquakes hit all the time this is something to take seriously. Also the aftershocks could last for days

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