Well, I got to experience my first earthquake today and can confidently say I am not a fan. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/earthquake-rock-albany-19387375.php Fair Use: "The earthquake’s epicenter was 4 miles northeast of Whitehouse Station, N.J., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Preliminarily, it registered 4.8 on the Richter scale. It was reported at 10:23 a.m. The epicenter is about 150 miles from Albany." My wife is working in Albany today on the 14th floor of her building and said it was pretty scary. My dad in Lake George felt it. We got rocked pretty good here at work in the mid-Hudson Valley; I was leaning on the counter at work talking to a customer and thought someone drove into the building with a piece of equipment at first... until it didn't stop.
I know that many tall buildings in California are built to withstand some level of earthquake, but is that true of New York? Some of those very tall skyscrapers were built close to 100 years ago. Let's just say I wouldn't have wanted to be at the top of the Empire State this morning!! Glad to hear that there were no injuries reported. I did hear that Amtrak slowed down on the NEC for inspection temporarily.
Happened yesterday and if you were on the road you might feel a slight jiggle when my brother was in high school they felt it
