Earthquakes in New York

FOX 5 NY's Audrey Puente talks to a seismologist about earthquakes in New York City.
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[@WatchingLakersBasketball]

It's crazy because a 4.5 in Cali feels like wait was that an earthquake? Can anyone from New York actually imagine what just happened in Taiwan?

[@TheSurvivalist58]

I'm someone who lives in New York State. Unlike California it's rare to have a earthquake here. The majority of buildings here, are not earthquake proofed! I live in the northeastern part of New York State, just minutes from Canada and Vermont. In the 58 years that I have lived here, we experienced 1 5.3 earthquake. So some people might get a little freaked out when it happens here. Because California gets them all the time, you are use to them! I'm pretty confident in saying that, if it's your very first time feeling a quake anyone would likely be nervous about it!

[@chriskleven5441]

I'm with you. I don't even get why a quake that small is even newsworthy... I'm from Alaska, by the way.

[@TheSurvivalist58]

@@chriskleven5441 Just so you understand, this small earthquake caused a lot of damage around the epicenter! Homes and businesses were destroyed! I would think that is News worthy!

[@carriecree1789]

4.3 in kansas before, exactly.... Was that an earthquake? Mainly because it's abnormal here. I think our faults and the limestone beds shields our buildings some, the ground is more "mushy"

[@TheSurvivalist58]

@@carriecree1789 Yes same as California the ground is soft. This earthquake was not as serious as an earthquake that hit in Plattsburgh, NY in April 2002 with a magnitude of 5.3! To put it in perspective, the Plattsburgh earthquake had 32 times more energy than the one that struck New Jersey today. As for the eclipse, this is something most of us should be looking forward to! While there are many faults in New Jersey, the best known is the Ramapo Fault, which runs northeast-southwest in North Jersey. The majority of New Jersey's quakes occurred around this fault area.

[@edgarparker16]

New York DID NOT HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE! NEW JERSEY DID!!!!

[@georgieman1910]

Hey dimbo, the vibrations are felt all over. An earthquake doesn’t just happen in one tiny spot, it resonates all around. The EARTH quakes, we all feel it. Learn some fkn science before commenting.

[@SL-lz9jr]

I thought they did a pretty good job of saying NY felt a quake but it wasn’t the epicenter of it.

[@georgieman1910]

You have a cartoonish brain. The EARTH shook. Do you understand how large the earth is? learn some science before commenting.

[@georgieman1910]

now you know why you failed basic science

[@anubis7173]

I don't see too much that's great about jersey I lived there. I wouldn't admit it publicly

The female earthquake specialist was excellent. Gave very clear explanations.

[@SusanKay-]

She's Dr Lucy Jones, seismologist from JPL in So. Cal.

[@trevor3879]

yes and the most important part of it all was that it was a female... smh

[@crazycloud1284]

​@trevor3879 these people have collectively lost their mind

[@mrfroghello]

As a trump supporter i think all women have no business learning how earthquakes work. The only quakes women need to know about is quaker oats. MAKE ME SOMTHING TO EAT WOMEN!!!

[@Me-th3gj]

Did you hear the bells ringing?

[@LionKing-xw5dv]

As a californian, tip for ya, dont put anything heavy higher than your head at sitting level. No glass too high up, and nothing heavy. Thats all. Oh and, typically. Step outisde and get near your vehicle. Dont stay inside incase the building falls over. Grab pets and kids and get near your car, until its over. Edit: i guess some people would rather stand in a stairwell and have the building collapses then wait to see if they can get rescued as if there aren't cases of survivors trapped and rescuers are unable to reach them which is more common than not. Darwinsm at its finest. Getting to a car can help you get to a safe place away from buildings much faster than running

[@bartsimpsonsimpson3367]

This isnt east coast normal, but yeah, no shelves or frames directly above the headboard area of your bed. Plan if all that to potentially fall on your sleeping face.

[@WVgirl1959]

​@@bartsimpsonsimpson3367well, actually the East Coast has 2.0 quakes but we just don't know about it.

[@SL-lz9jr]

The getting outside to your car thing doesn’t make sense for a densely packed city like NYC where most people live and work in high rise buildings. Even in the mid rise buildings. There would be chaos if everyone tried to escape through the stairs during an earthquake. And many New Yorkers don’t drive anyway. This tip is best for other east coast cities where people own cars and live or work in smaller buildings. Although honestly I know of people who live in such large apartment buildings in small cities that it takes them 15 minutes to reach their lobby due to long winding hallways. It’s best to just find the most solid part of the office or apartment and ride it out. But if anyone lives in a masonry mid rise building, they’d better make a run for it! That thing will definitely topple over!

[@SteveEddy-od7fb]

Yes that Bed head board 4 ft tall with the book shelves on it with 70 bocks on it is a great example!😅😅😅😅

[@LionKing-xw5dv]

@@SL-lz9jr I would never live in a high rise for the simple fact it's a death trap unless you're talking about a tsunami or flood

[@geofflewis8599]

..old unreinforced masonry buildings..do poorly in EQs..

[@SL-lz9jr]

Yup…. You hardly find those in CA. East Coast got plenty of them

[@pattiannepascual]

a bunch of buildings have been crumbling without earthquakes, imagine if we get one even a bit bigger than the last one?

[@geofflewis8599]

@@pattiannepascual ..plenty of spare bricks!

[@dondevers]

Earthquakes were not in NY but NJ. NY trying to take the credit again.

[@yunx3997]

Lol

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

The epicenter was in NJ but that doesn't mean other states that felt it too don't deserve credit.

[@williamhager855]

As usual. F NYC

[@pattiannepascual]

exactly. the mainstream news needs viewers, will lie,steep as low as can be, make stuff up, fear monger, whatever,to get views and money.

[@kayfromqueens4675]

NJ might as well be considered NY (vice versa); they confuse our accents, we share sports teams, weather and other unforeseen events. P.S. TAKE the Nets BACK!!! We do not want credit for them.

[@danae2882]

Good, the earth is trying to help humanity now

[@b.walker5955]

Great logical revelations from the seismologist. Well done Audrey in getting the interview!

[@brittanykannon2154]

She did a great job explaining this for the layman

[@SunS13707]

God bless Arthur and all the good soulies. ❤❤❤

[@brianjohnston6907]

So we're not going to blame this on climate change?

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

It depends. Some people may not know what climate is.

[@chrismullin8304]

They’ll blame it on the immigrants.

[@jeffcole1914]

Great interview

[@GabeMontez]

I was in a 7.6 in yucca valley California, they are terrifying

[@2009jadeorchid]

Extremely interesting , thanks for report . We usually have very sharp jolts and not so much shallow rolling in California

[@robertbrunson9884]

You did “homework of your own!?” I thought the news media was telling us that “doing our own research” was crazy and to trust experts.

[@JoseTorres-ry9qe]

Does it not bother anyone that New York and Taiwan have explictly suffered Earthquakes within the span of the year?

[@legopotter8295]

Wonder why this happened 3 days before a rare lunar eclipse?

[@JaneJetsin]

😂😂😂 1) Eclipses are not rare 2) It’s not a lunar (moon) it’s a solar (sun) eclipse 3) Why is 3 days special? You’d say any number was interesting. 4) Would an earth quake during be more fun?

[@VloneKid25]

Jesus is coming guys repent now

[@NeoZero369]

@@JaneJetsin3 days and 3 nights is all over scripture

[@user-rs6lv5vm1g]

Tell me you have no idea what you're talking about without telling me you have no idea what you're talking about. The second you said lunar, i died inside a bit.

[@JaneJetsin]

@@NeoZero369 So is every other number especially 7. We love the cavemen among us hiding from nature. See you in 48 hours.

[@Jeanie__Bottle]

What a prof team of news reporters. ✌️💜💜

[@ericstephenson9924]

What a great explanation !!

[@clanorangechicken6648]

sometimes there are small earthquakes like this in california and i only notice it a little

[@Robinjuneable]

God's first warning to NYC!

[@bhickman6]

God Is LOVE, LOL.

[@charlesferreira3597]

The Statue of Liberty( a prostitute) was struck by lightning two days before the earthquake. I was at the beach and saw lightning strikes falling in the direction of along Island.

[@charlesferreira3597]

@@bhickman6And judges as well, don’t forget that.

[@RUHDD4HVN]

Ask about and look up liquefaction...... it is very important to what an earthquake could do damagewise.

[@kathrynmauro8673]

I was thinking the same. I lived in Southern California for almost fifty-six years. Ten minutes from the beach for most of it. Even with the boroughs being islands it's not sand like CA. Long Island and the Jersey coast are one thing. I lived out there for six months due to my husband having a contract with a company in NJ.

[@georgieman1910]

NYC is solid bedrock, not sediment

[@RUHDD4HVN]

@@georgieman1910 Hi there, is Manhattan island sinking? Just asking.....

[@jacobblanton5179]

​@@georgieman1910Except, you know, the sewage and subway systems...

[@chriskleven5441]

@@RUHDD4HVN No. Is California?

[@jackiemack8653]

Meanwhile Queens had a small one in January but Manhattan gets all the publicity. Even News channels didnt mention it. Ask Alexa

[@Giannina-LoveThemAll]

That's assuming contractors and inspectors aren't cutting corners 😉 #iykykyk #NYCBuildings

[@walterulasinksi7031]

The major difference is that earthquakes on the east coast. Are caused by tie upwelling of magma in the mid Atlantic ridge causing the spreading of the seafloor pushing the American plate westward. This pushes against the allegheny mountains. On the west coast, the pacific plate is rotating in a counterclockwise fashion so it is grinding against the American plate as well as the Nazca, Cuscos and having a locking ridge northeast of Los Angeles and another on the Juan De Fuco plate with these transverse motions, the slippage results in higher disruptions The MidAtlantic ridge travels north to south and through Iceland where significant volcanic activity is currently occurring. This is the only location where spreading plate boundaries can be actively witnessed, although,the spreading in the Great Rift basin in Africa is slowly increasing that will result in the iIndian ocean tearing that continent apart.

[@redsoxboi1]

Thoughts and prayers for the people/dishes affected by the Earthquake on the east coast 🤣🤣🤣

[@sghol5725]

It just started

[@lamarw7757]

What, nature?

[@alvakampfer9004]

It never “started” it just happens like everything else in nature. You’re gonna look mad goofy by the end of this month when nothing happens 😂

[@kamuelalee]

Us Californians eat 4.8 magnitude earthquakes for breakfast.

[@KrishnaChrist11]

midnight snacks.

[@RUHDD4HVN]

@@KrishnaChrist11 Burp!

[@RK-kn1ud]

Let's see how you do again constant Category 3+ hurricanes, Blizzards, or tornadoes! Your infrastructure is generally built for earthquakes...as earthquakes are expected. Let's see how you do against natural disasters that involve ICE engines being thrown at your solar panels since it wouldn't be expected!

[@kamuelalee]

@RK-kn1ud In California we get hurricane-force winds from the Pacific and the deserts of Nevada, blizzards up in the Sierras and tornadoes -- waterspouts too -- all over the state. Remember, California's a real big state.... Reply

[@Mannydamon]

@CrazyKazy We ain't in Kansas anymore....

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

I recall an earthquake many years ago when I lived in Long Island NY. Knocked stuff off my shelf. When I lived in LA I felt several over a 5 year period. But none too bad.

[@borndeafin1ear]

With all the current and recent volcanic and seismic activity around the world, has anyone checked the state of Earth's magnetic field? Is the earth simply running through a normal cycle, or is more expected throughout the world?

[@glikky]

If we legalize weed the fumes will stablize the magnetic kinetic forces of our core

[@idleoutcaster]

I don’t think they started Grav-Drive development yet lol

[@contentedspirit9022]

Watch Dutchsince for the best info on earthquakes

[@joywest8411]

There is no magnetic field, nor tons of satelites & phony-space debris, Relax. We are not on a Ball.. but within an enclosed,stable Electro-magnetic System. And na$a, ETC. All Know It ! 💕God is Thee Ultimate Genuis.👍

[@susiecraddock3147]

We are going into a solar minimum and Everytime we go through, there are bad volcano eruptions and many many lives lost from the cooling of earth

[@SteveEddy-od7fb]

Hmmm I wouldn't want to be on the sidewalk by a 70 story hi Rise and be covered by Falling GLASS!😮😮😮

[@beckyworley6751]

Dutchsence can predict a earthquake better than anyone can

[@dswysong7353]

Does NOT predict them - WTH??? That great forecasting brain of his is letting us know not to be scared, be prepared. Donate to the “safety first” work of Dutch (more than just an EQ forecast)

[@lanamoeller7701]

You are right. He does a great job knowing when they will hit with his equipment. I listen to him. He had said this one was going to hit near NY. Guess he got it right.

[@beckyworley6751]

@@dswysong7353 does a good job predicting I rest my case u can troll someone else

[@joemanco-no4jy]

As with all weather events, and social events, NYC spends days trying to tell the rest of the nation why their insignificant problems are so vitally important to us. It was a 4.8. Get a grip.

[@fontende]

SSGEO predicts major earthquake at 11-13th April because of other planets influence

[@jeromezwart9394]

Apr😮 10th 🎉🎉🎉

[@raymond9642]

Incredibly stupid.

[@WVgirl1959]

"People also ask Does planetary alignment affect earthquakes? lp finds that since 780 Be only one of the 125 recorded earthquakes with in- tensities corresponding to 6 on the Richter scale coincided with a helio- centric planetary alignment, this one occurring in 1624 AD. Since 1000 AD none of the eleven earthquakes with intensities of 8 has coincided."

[@joywest8411]

No worry..their "planets" Do Not exist..they are wandering stars. HE put them up there. Have much Less Fear if peeps would Learn about Their True World. But... 😢

[@wms72]

Planets have less effect on earthquakes than on tides

[@prahfetts825]

My bet your buildings won’t be standing None of them

[@keepingitrealreally3064]

Military Earthquake

[@iamwell5654]

😂😂

[@WVgirl1959]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@WVgirl1959]

​@@iamwell5654he has been watching too many old sci-fi movies.😂

[@poempadgett4664]

“He who laughs last, laughs best.” 😉

[@gabrielserrano5054]

Escape from Los Angeles Movie prediction of haarp being used to cause earthquakes.

[@chuckmcgillis8160]

Let's have more rock and roll

[@YellowRose3332]

Mock now soon you will be crying, I’d say you will get your “rock and roll,” 4-7-24

[@chuckmcgillis8160]

@@YellowRose3332 were all going to turn into zombies at eclipse

[@WVgirl1959]

​@@chuckmcgillis8160😂😂😂😂😂 that one was a nut job😂😂😂

[@emiilyjaane7]

​@@YellowRose3332what's supposed to happen today ? 😂 You mean tomorrow?

[@rdallas81]

Take them old records off the shelf😊

[@crazycloud1284]

Earthquakes in diverse places Wars and rumors of wars.

[@JaneJetsin]

Don’t forget flatulence and aroma of flatulence.

[@outofcompliance1639]

I would think since the energy goes out over a wider area on the east coast the damage would be less in any particular area.

[@angelacoville1610]

Feels like an earthquake next to my house on a daily and nightly basis with the train activity

[@olasellers1038]

Bunkers are being blown up

[@user-ed9jv2hx5b]

​@STARBLADE-XE😂😂😂😂

[@rodderick1983]

Oooo old Qanon theories I like it a mystery

[@markkleindorf9185]

More tunnels

[@gloriagehring8676]

Awww, New York!

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Who’s crying in NY? They’re laughing about it.

[@mikem5573]

The sound of God packing up and moving to Florida.

[@VeronicaLovesAI]

Um, that was funny… 😂

[@BIGPAPAFOOT]

Audrey Puente 😲

[@Charmcity199]

East coast so shook (pun intended) by earthquake that they actually use weather graphics to report it because they don’t have the tools 😂😂😂. Adorable

[@ZebbMassiv]

This is very scary to me. Just by the thicknesses of the bedrock of New York.

[@Robinjuneable]

There are two types of earthquakes, a roller and a shaker. The tiny small earthquake in NYC is nothing but boy they make it into something!😅😅😅

[@Pinkielover]

and we're getting a eclipse...lol New Jersey and New Yorkers must think this world is ending

[@majesticsword]

New York has been getting hit from left to right with EVERYTHING!

[@MonroeWilliams-li2sj]

That's just the beginning

[@joeyjennings9548]

NY has many buildings over 100 years old 🏚🌆 And the street is not ground level. 🙏💒 prayers ahead

[@emiilyjaane7]

We didn't get an earthquake, we got the aftermath of the vibrations, and it wasn't even a lot, it was just vibrating for like 10mins tops..🤦🏻‍♀️

[@georgieman1910]

@@emiilyjaane7 yeah that’s an earthquake. The EARTH quaked. Get it?

[@joeyjennings9548]

@@emiilyjaane7not yet... 👍

[@sdfsdf2205]

@@georgieman1910 it might take a day or two so she could get it. We must wait.

[@jacquelinewalker6357]

it's the frequency that could cause such action against land.

[@pfzht]

It's untrue that earthquakes can't be predicted. Start accounting for solar activity.

[@1Doodadd]

We in CA are waiting to fall into the Pacific................

[@Dr.TbOne34]

Really, Lebanon NJ....

[@willypinguy6128]

We know it’s coming. Let’s prepare please and save some lives.

[@RiverBanks38]

There once was a great continent called At, uh Atlan, wait America. It split in half at a river that ran through it. One side fell into the Pacific ocean. One side fell into Atlantic!

[@Elizabeth-hv5nk]

ITS THE GEOLOGY OF THE GROUND IN NEW YORK AND SURROUNDING AREAD. .THERE IS ALOT OF BED ROCK. .SO VIBRATION WILL TRAVEL... SHAKE SPREAS IN A FURTHER MILE RADIUS .THAT WOULDNT BE FELT IN CALIFORNIA .ON THAT 4.8 ...A 5.5 OR HIGHER IS FOUNDATION PROBLEMS ON HOMES AND BUILDINGS .AND CAN BE A DANGER ANY PLACE..

[@luthermcgee3767]

I didnt know that New York had a faultline . I thought hill country had those, not flatlands.

[@iamwell5654]

Ringwood NJ has small quakes all the time 🙄

[@tekmouse]

#dutchsinse They CAN be forecasted, however.

[@slugabuny9949]

Wrath of God Inbound

[@elieteoliveira-janus2416]

Yesterday?

[@johnnyrayturner]

The lady is right. We are (and Should be) Much more afraid of something if we don't know When it is coming. If We know it's coming, we can Prepare. How many Nineveh's are there in the United States?

[@csncln]

I live in California, my quakefeed is set to go off at 5.5 or higher 😂

[@kwalk4804]

0ld news mate😮

[@later_daze_4080]

It was centered in NEW JERSEY, not NEW YORK. Not West of Manhattan. NEW JERSEY.

[@umardukuly6863]

Are you sure these are not New York version of Hamas tunnels???🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐 Anyway, what do I know???🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶

[@WVgirl1959]

That's not even funny

[@popsfashions309]

You Know Nothing!

[@eatdabutt]

Don't the Jews already have tunnels in NYC? 😂 When will you realize they are basically exactly the same people they just dress differently from eachother but are fighting over a piece of land? 🤦‍♂️ Compare Zionism to Jihad. It's basically the same thing 😂

[@philiphorner31]

Im skeered...

[@user-Votan]

NYC is Hollow below it

[@kathrynmauro8673]

I lived in Southern California for almost fifty-six years. I moved there as a baby. I can't even begin to tell you how many earthquakes and aftershocks I have been in. Some have been really large. I was even in one in Acapulco in a high-rise hotel on the beach. What you experienced in NJ is nothing.

[@damita4336]

We have tall buildings in NYC....😅

[@user-ec5yz5yu3j]

to all God be the Glory 💝🙏

[@angeliquecork1647]

What about the fitzpatric nuclear power plant? How come we're not talking that?

[@barbrice721]

Liquifaction in Manhattan will level it. Just saying. Lot of water there.

[@Doniiu]

Pay the price unless changed your ways NewYork

[@-i.cats-]

:Dutchs!n$3 was right! The wave of energy through the earth like vibrations from a bell such a good visualization ❤️🎯 or waves in the pool

[@lanamoeller7701]

He's great!! I haven't heard anything related to the eclipse from him. He might have put something out. I know he says Solar flares can impact EQ here.

[@honest6360]

I live 10 minutes from Lebanon, a couple of things were knocked over and there were a few after tremors. It's just...an earthquake in NJ?? WHAT? 😂

[@Coyote1.618]

It was probably your girl's best night on that 4.8.

[@ImBlackjackYo]

That lady was so unclear. Should have had a real expert on.

[@SpeakLife406]

6 fault lines lol … I remember when they kept talking about how New Orleans is under the sea level… take heed to their words nyc

[@gloria7876]

NewYork’s wrongdoing is coming home to roost.

[@MamaLifeBre]

Must be the eclipse

[@lamarw7757]

Must be the clouds, or three birds landed in the same tree.

[@colt2206]

Aww my sympathies to them😂

[@j.kaymetcalf-benton6600]

California doesn’t build homes of bricks either.

[@user-ec5yz5yu3j]

❤

[@Jesusiskingofkingslordoflords7]

Reason being: Repent and turn to God, he’s warning you. Period

[@georgieman1910]

Tell God to etsht

[@benjaminahisrael611]

Mark 13:8 KJV - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

[@melissatopham4018]

When ever there will be a Solar eclipse...there is an uptick in earthquakes...always

[@theshadow8121]

Could this be the fall of Babylon?😢

[@allhopeabandon7831]

Fox 5 producer: "Find a female seismologist!" Change my mind...

[@chronic_payne5669]

Your small mind isn’t worth bothering with

[@allhopeabandon7831]

@@chronic_payne5669 What? You seriously, and legitimately, don't think that doesn't happen? "Put a chick in it, make it lame." The reason it was funny, is bc its so, so true. You think its an accident that every car commercial has an interracial couple too, right?

[@xavierperkins2408]

Don't worry, it will all be over soon. End times are here 🙏

[@Clement-vf5eu]

Run and hide!

[@Clement-vf5eu]

Eclipse is over and Jesus missed it again.

[@EclipsTV]

Storms - check, earthquakes - check, eclipse - check...

[@ReelShorts2969]

I’m sure we’ll have more tremors clearing up for new office buildings 😅 mark my words.

[@wYatt121509]

So what?

[@ophiuchus1116]

⚖

[@user-gk4fi1yh5l]

Revelation Time?

[@orangecat5036]

Anyone notice this quake fix all the titling left over from the 2011 quake. It looks like 2010 again. 🤣😻🥳

[@YeahhhAndy]

In new jersey

[@paulbrooks2024]

Didn't happen on April 8.

[@chronic_payne5669]

Aren’t you the quick one. Boy nothing gets past you, sport