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Re:M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA by xkcd-sucks on Monday September 22, 2025 @10:40AM (#45334124)
New England is seismically active :) If you're not aware of it, the tremors can feel like a large passing truck or something like that

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=40.31872...

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Re:M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA by dekhn on Monday September 22, 2025 @11:35AM (#45334904)
I grew up near a town called "Moodus" in Connecticut which constantly made noises and had small quakes.

But it didn't prepare me for the few small quakes I experienced in the bay area (typically a bunch of car alarms go off and dogs bark, there's a thud, and then a gentle rocking).

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Re:M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA by BoorishBears on Monday September 22, 2025 @12:45PM (#45336043)
Never thought I'd see that town mentioned on Hacker News (or anywhere outside of Moodus)
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Re:M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA by sharksauce on Monday September 22, 2025 @11:26AM (#45334775)
Indeed -- Mount Desert Island (home of Acadia NP) had a small one just this weekend!

And we had a M4.2 one there about twenty years ago when I was living there.

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Re:M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA by dboreham on Monday September 22, 2025 @11:06AM (#45334492)
There are even earthquakes you can feel in "Old England". Not often, but I've experienced one. Lived in the BA for a few years and felt many small quakes. Lived in a very seismically active part of Montana for 25 years and felt nothing. YMMV.
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