Friday, June 10, 2011

Did you feel an Earthquake in Iselin last night?

I didn't feel it.  But... this is what I read this morning, on the USGS Web Site!
 
Earthquake Details 
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 1.6

Date-Time

Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 16:21:51 UTC
Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 12:21:51 PM at epicenter

Location 40.568°N, 74.400°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region GREATER NEW YORK AREA, NEW JERSEY
Distances
2 km (1 miles) SE (141°) from South Plainfield, NJ
4 km (2 miles) NNW (331°) from Edison, NJ
4 km (3 miles) NW (312°) from Metuchen, NJ
19 km (12 miles) WSW (237°) from Elizabeth, NJ
43 km (27 miles) WSW (250°) from New York, NY


Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)

Event ID ld60019036

3 comments:

  1. hmm i felt the thunder shake the house last night. 1.6 isnt that much, i bet a barge exploding in the arthur kill makes a bigger quake than that.

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  2. I didn't feel anything last night, but I do think I heard my wind chimes ring and couldn't figure out why. I hope no barges explode in the Arthur Kill anytime soon to find out! Looking it up online, apparently a barge exploded back in March of 1990 -- I was around back then, but I certainly don't remember it!

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  3. the last barge that exploded was http://www.fdnewyork.com/portmobil.asp 2003. I was sleeping, but I remember hearing stories that woodbridge high was shaking at the students were scared.

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