# New Jersey 4.7 or 4.8 Earthquake at 10:23am Apr 5, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [April 5, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878 "2024-04-05T14:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/1 "2024-04-05T14:41:18Z")
North West Jersey, centered near Whitehouse Station ~~House~~ (NW Jersey) Really rumbled and shook for maybe a minute. The worst I’ve felt in NJ, but I was in 2 stronger ones in San Diego. Apparently it was felt at least as far as Albany, NY ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/2 "2024-04-05T14:42:48Z")
Yeah, I felt like I was back in California. Lasted a decent amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/3 "2024-04-05T14:42:51Z")
Worst I’ve ever felt (only second one I’ve ever felt). My colleagues in Brooklyn and Queens felt it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/4 "2024-04-05T14:43:53Z")
Ummm, this chair doesn’t have vibrate in it. Ooohhh! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/5 "2024-04-05T14:46:18Z")
I got up and went to the doorway of my home office. But it doesn’t seemed like anything in the house moved. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/6 "2024-04-05T14:46:26Z")
My wife’s coworkers in Providence, RI felt it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/7 "2024-04-05T14:49:04Z")
I felt it here in the Poconos, the Mrs. felt it in NJ and my coworkers felt it in Staten Island. Definitely the worst I’ve ever experienced here in the NE. I think we’ll be fine as long as nothing weird happens to the Sun over the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/8 "2024-04-05T14:49:17Z")
You know how animals are supposed to be sensitive to seismic activity? Ours slept through it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/9 "2024-04-05T14:49:18Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I got up and went to the doorway of my home office. But it doesn’t seemed like anything in the house moved. - You did. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/10 "2024-04-05T14:50:41Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Whitehouse House (NW Jersey) Whitehouse Station? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/11 "2024-04-05T14:51:04Z")
Very much shook my entire apartment building. Not fun. Last time we had one I barely felt it. Definitely felt this one. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/12 "2024-04-05T14:51:07Z")
Daughter came downstairs at 1029 to ask if I’d noticed any shaking a few minutes earlier. I hadn’t, but I assume this is what she felt. We’re in southeastern CT. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/13 "2024-04-05T14:52:09Z")
I never heard of it either, it is a village in Readington Township in Hunterdon County. > **[Whitehouse Station, New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse_Station,_New_Jersey)** > > Whitehouse Station, also spelled White House Station, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Readington Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. At the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 2,089. Whitehouse Station takes its name from Whitehouse and Abraham Van Horne's 18th century tavern. > New Jersey Transit offers service on the Raritan Valley Line at White House Station. > The area, which is now served only by New Jersey Transit's Ra... My info is from here: [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000ma74&extent=38.65978,-79.66187&extent=42.74298,-70.8728](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000ma74&extent=38.65978,-79.66187&extent=42.74298,-70.8728) > [@Quimby](#): > > Very much shook my entire apartment building. What floor are you on? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/14 "2024-04-05T14:53:19Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I think we’ll be fine as long as nothing weird happens to the Sun over the next few days. I laughed so hard that I coughed. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/15 "2024-04-05T14:55:55Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Whitehouse Station? USGS is stating Tewskbury, which is ≈ 6 mi N of Whitehouse Station. I will be passing thru that way tomorrow on the way to eclipse; mebbe I’ll stop at the epicenter & get pics of…I dunno, a tree? What’s the chance there’s anything to see there? I’ve never been to an epicenter before. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/16 "2024-04-05T14:57:42Z")
My brother works pretty close to the area, and no damage happened there, so probably little chance of something to see. I’m guessing some stuff of hanging shelves moved and maybe a few knickknacks came down. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/17 "2024-04-05T15:00:18Z")
We rarely have earthquakes here in Ontario, but I remember one about 15 years ago. It was pretty minor, and I was sitting at my desk in front of the computer (which seems to be how I spend much of my life!). And I remember thinking, “there’s something wrong with this chair”, because it was vaguely wobbling. It turned out that it wasn’t the chair that was wobbling, it was the earth’s crust! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/18 "2024-04-05T15:02:13Z")
Not actually what I was pointing out, but that’s interesting. (you typed “Whitehouse **House** ”) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/19 "2024-04-05T15:04:09Z")
PEBKAC strikes again. I fixed it, but acknowledged my goof. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878/20 "2024-04-05T15:06:51Z")
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