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Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by guluarte on Friday April 05, 2024 @10:56AM (#39943166)
4.7 is literally nothing
Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by ziddoap on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:02AM (#39943263)
It is very obviously not "literally nothing", given the amount of people chiming in that they felt it.
Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by chrinic74929 on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:21AM (#39943519)
> 4.7 is literally nothing

4.7 quake at 1 km depth will shake more at the surface than a 6.0 at 30 km depth

Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by zzleeper on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:35AM (#39943700)
4.7 at 5km depth is still nothing for anyone not immediately above the epicenter.
Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by moate on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:00AM (#39943234)
It’s actually “moderate shaking and light damage expected”[1] but go off sis.

(1)https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ma74...

Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by ancientworldnow on Friday April 05, 2024 @01:07PM (#39944737)
East coast geology (older, harder rocks) causes earthquakes to feel about ten times stronger than a west coast earthquake. This is felt roughly the same as a 5.8 in California. That's enough to be notable, especially at a shallow depth.