Your body does not deceive you, your upstairs neighbor was not just jumping around a lot—that was an earthquake at 10:27 a.m., a solid five seconds of dishes rattling, buildings quivering, and dogs freaking the fuck out.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake was a 4.8 magnitude event, which per the same agency, falls below the threshold of a moderate quake. Still, weird to feel your building rattle, right?
USGS states that the quake originated a little bit northeast of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, in Readington Township, 48 miles west of New York City as the car drives.
Is this event, like a guy we bumped into on the street suggested, eclipse-related? Should we leave the door open for Godzilla? Is it a shuddering reminder of climate change, and is everybody...OK?
At a press conference about the earthquake, Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Ischol defended the NYCEM alert that everyone got on their phones...20 minutes after the earthquake.
"Twenty minutes is very fast for a public alert," Ischol said.
Stay safe out there, everybody!
