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Earthquake felt in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (4.4)
BNO News ^
| 11/30/17
Posted on 11/30/2017 2:02:51 PM PST by markomalley
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A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has struck Delaware, with shaking felt as far away as Baltimore, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City, seismologists and residents say. Only few details were immediately available.
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The earthquake, which struck at around 4:47 p.m. on Thursday, was centered about 6.4 miles northeast of Dover, or 11 miles southeast of Smyrna. It struck at a depth of 5 miles, making it a very shallow earthquake.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1. People across the region - as far away as Salisbury, Annapolis, Baltimore, Wilmington, Vineland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and New York City, reported feeling the earthquake.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries but we're working to gather more information.
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TOPICS: US: Delaware; US: Maryland; US: New Jersey; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: earthquake; localnews; usgs
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To: Jane Long
To: DocRock
If I’m understanding him correctly, he believes when one hits on the west coast/area, it’s sending one over the the east coast/area?
Do I have that right?
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posted on
11/30/2017 3:18:13 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: wattojawa
Ping for sheeps’ bladders.
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posted on
11/30/2017 3:20:50 PM PST
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: dragnet2
Actually this PA area is pretty much as good as it gets as far as natural disasters and extreme weather goes. Too many liberals is the biggest threat to us.
To: markomalley
It was Chris Christie falling out of bed.
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posted on
11/30/2017 4:40:19 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
To: OrangeHoof
It was Chris Christie falling out of bed. That finally explains it. Thanks.
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posted on
11/30/2017 4:41:01 PM PST
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: sauropod
“I thought a big truck was going by the house.”
Thought the same thing about that one in VA that went off 5 or 6 years ago.
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posted on
11/30/2017 4:53:10 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.-- H.L. Mencken)
To: markomalley
30 minutes from me...didn’t feel anything.
To: markomalley
Didn't feel it here in central MD. I was at work had no clue.
Soon after left, then hear something on radio, and on FR.
Felt the 2011 quake like a gorilla on my roof! This was the damage:
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posted on
11/30/2017 5:43:10 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: markomalley
We Will Rebuild!
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posted on
11/30/2017 5:44:52 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dragnet2
Brutal winters? Not even close.
Sometimes we get major snow storms. Rarely we get hit by a hurricane a bit. But our little mid-Atlantic area is about ideal as it gets for “natural disasters”. Including the animal kind - we hardly have any creatures to be afraid of.
It’s ideal from a nature standpoint.
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posted on
11/30/2017 5:45:37 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: NotSoFreeStater
Not me in same place. Not at all.
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posted on
11/30/2017 5:48:47 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Jane Long
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posted on
11/30/2017 6:15:10 PM PST
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: freedumb2003
It’s been many years ago that I was a lineman for a local CATV company. IIRC it was ‘79 and I was doing a wreckout of of a local business. Being about 40’ on a utility pole when a 6.1 magnitude struck. No ducking in that situation.
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posted on
11/30/2017 6:27:13 PM PST
by
Sparky21555
(The buck stops over there.)
To: Sparky21555
Forgot to mention that was SoCal.
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posted on
11/30/2017 6:33:18 PM PST
by
Sparky21555
(The buck stops over there.)
To: markomalley
I felt it in upper Bucks County. We were joking it must have been an earthquake. The joke’s on me.
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posted on
11/30/2017 6:50:10 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: Jane Long
Now Iran and Papua New Guinea have both been hit by 6+ quakes he forecast
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posted on
11/30/2017 7:05:26 PM PST
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: EdnaMode; SunkenCiv; markomalley; All
I live a little closer to Dover in the DC metro area, but didn’t notice anything while walking around doing stuff. On the other hand, I was sitting on my bed when the Mineral, VA quake hit and the whole wall facing me was shuddering intensely for 15 seconds and I certainly felt that. I kept a cup of water next to my computer or bed for the next several days and several times saw the water quiver and then, soon, there was news of an aftershock. I saw 4.1 on the news at 6 pm, so wonder if the 5.1 is more or less accurate.
To: ViLaLuz; Jane Long; SunkenCiv; markomalley; All
To: markomalley
Yes, local geography and the soils can make a huge difference. That’s part of the reason New Madrid is so dangerous and can create damage over a huge area.
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posted on
12/01/2017 9:54:22 AM PST
by
Paul R.
(I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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