Experts weigh in on earthquake felt in New York City, across Northeast

A rare earthquake centered in New Jersey sent shockwaves across the Northeast U.S. on Friday. Dr. Judith Hubbard from Earthquake Insights, Robert Weiss, professor of natural hazards at the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences, and John Vidale, dean professor of earth sciences for the University of Southern California, joined CBS News with analysis of the quake.

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[dannmurray]

She has to be the most intelligent reporter i have heard in a long time. Great questions, very articulate, her pronunciation and enunciation is perfect.

[LastZoneTrooper]

The real worry that USGS is likely concerned with, is that the 4.7-4.8 mag quake could be the weaker prelude to something much bigger.. (bear in mind, most of the structures in New York, especially the skyscrapers & bridges, weren't constructed with earthquakes in mind, so anything greater than a 6.5+ is going to cause damage...)

[davidjoseph]

Here In Los Angeles a 4.8 doesnt even get us out of bed. But we do like to use it as an excuse to be late for work ha ha.

[elyzsabethahne]

FYI: the Hudson River runs along an old fault line!

[laraschauble]

Felt the tremors here in Rhode Island...the house did shake and also listened to the rumblings....

[andrewmathias]

We should commend the scientist who is obviously barely containing her laughter about the seriousness of this earthquake. God bless New York, you'll be OK.

[Cyberlucy]

It was felt in Vermont, NH, MA, and Maine as well.

[tiamarrow]

Just to remind everyone…..back in 2011 NY did get hit with an earthquake but it was a small one.

[liqwidmediaworkztv]

There is a pretty big fault line running down 125th street.

[suzannagriffin]

Felt it in Rhode Island, only lasted about 10 seconds, but I recognized the wiggling.

[valeriesignaturesalon]

OCTOBER 19, 1985 A 4.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN ARDSLEY, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK CITY. IT HAPPENED IN THE A.M.

[lovely]

I felt little earthquakes before but nothing like that 😳

[lesterbrandt]

Hey, we're a State. We had 30 quakes yesterday here in Volcano.

[fandyllic]

Interesting that scientist used different terms for landfill and liquefaction.

[liberatedwoman]

Liquefaction will be a big problem on Manhattan with an earthquake.

[jupiter]

During the days before or after a solar eclipse, the rate of earthquake always increases a little bit, due to the increased gravitationnal force exerced by the Moon on the Earth crust. The Sun and Moon gravitationnal forces are added because of the precise alignment of the three cosmic objects.

[Brittoxo]

Some of these comments are ridiculous smh

[liberatedwoman]

Sounds like some areas suffered from Liquifaction. Hoping this 4.8 wasn’t a foreshock.

[frankjones]

That's what I was wondering. How this effected the city. And how they'll be checking on everything

[feilongish]

Did she say reactivate, no no no! The beast was dormant.