Earthquake

[Onomea]

Here in Oregon, I buy a separate earthquake policy for my home. Kinda like buying hurricane insurance when I owned Hawaii houses.

 

[RobertK3026]

Experts now say that the earthquake was caused by either Joy Behar or Whoopie falling off their chairs on the set of the View.

 

[kev74]

No damage in the Mid-Hudson Valley.

It was an interesting 10-15 seconds on the third floor of a 140 year old building.

 

[Kevin J.]

I've felt a few like that, including one in England. Those are no big deal.

I wouldn't mind betting that one finished off a joint in the drain system of the master bathroom.

It found your stash?

 

[DWalt]

Experts now say that the earthquake was caused by either Joy Behar or Whoopie falling off their chairs on the set of the View.

Definitely was caused by a combination of global warming and oil well fracking.

 

[Golddollar]

Hope all is well "up nawth." I've been through three or four here in central Virginia during my life. Mostly they were just something didn't feel right, then I figured out what had happened. I remember the first one at my Grandfathers house when I was a youngster. It felt just like being on a boat and having a wake pass under the boat. We both looked at each other said "Did you feel that?" The most recent one was about 12? 15? years ago when I was living up in Spotsylvania. Never saw any damage from any of them.

I remember that last one that was centered in central VA. Based on where I was working when it happened, I'd say it was closer to 12 years ago. We felt it in Towson, MD and had to evacuate our office.

Southcentral PA must have been too far inland to feel the quake this morning.

 

[smoothshooter]

The last report I heard was no serious injuries, no damage to buildings.
The way the mayor was acting ( he talks like he has brain damage ) you would think it was a terrorist attack.
Pretty much a local news event, in reality.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Living in Calif. all my life, we call this one a dish rattler nothing to get exited about.

 

[Roofuss]

I guess we here in California can't have all the earth-shaking fun. I hope everyone is ok and there are minimal damages. Seems odd the epicenter was in between Lebanon and Whitehouse (Not the presidential building) and in the county of HunterDon. Almost like my conspiracy theory mind went into hyper drive.

Was born and raised in the area, just outside Clinton, actually, not very far from the epicenter, and it "used to be " mostly rural, dairy farm country back then with small towns and community's here and there. I can never remember an earthquake happening of any magnitude during those years. Now its pretty much a bedroom community for city folk from Jersey City, Newark, New York, Philly, etc. with large houses, malls, is very over-taxed, over governed, and very commercialized. What a shame !
My wife and I left there back in 1983 , but we still have a lot of friends and family there yet. Was a beautiful place to grow up back then, but could not afford nor do we want to live there today . Everything we've heard from family is that everyone is ok, with little to no real damage . Thoughts and prayers to all .

 

[Krogen]

Been through countless earthquakes here. Most you can't feel. I have felt 2. One was a 4.2 that woke me up. I was back to sleep before the shaking stopped. One was the 2001 7.0 Seattle quake. Even here it shook the house and rattled the dishes in their cabinets. They tell us we're overdue for a 8-9 here. That would be catastrophic, given the number of older bridges we have that wouldn't stand for that much shaking.

Pretty much the same situation up here. I like to think all the little ones "relieve" built up tension between the plates. It seems that would lessen the impact of the big one. A real geologist might tell me I'm nuts, though.

 

[Krogen]

Question...
Are quakes covered by homeowners insurance ?

A separate, not cheap, insurance rider. High deductible. When this house was built, the code required earthquake straps to the foundation. A big risk isn't the sticks coming apart, but the whole house sliding off the foundation. Straps reduce that risk. Stick built houses fare better than masonry. They'll move, while masonry breaks.

 

[H Richard]

My sister lives in Ramsey NJ, and she tells me she watched her heavy chair walk across the floor.