Earthquake Off Long Island Coast

Fox ^ | 11/30/2010 | KATHY CARVAJAL

[FromLori]

The magnitude 3.9 quake was detected about 80 miles south-southeast of Southampton just before 10:45 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 122 miles from New York City. The quake was first reported by the Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network ( LCSN ) at Columbia University.

[Rebelbase]

No wonder the telegraph cables have been cut...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Grand_Banks_earthquake

(yes, I know it’s not S,SE of Long Island)

[The Comedian]

Women and minorities hardest hit?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[oh8eleven]

There were widespread reports of shaking across Mass., R.I., N.Y., Conn., and N.J.
Election day reverberations still going strong.

[AppyPappy]

A 5 foot wave was spotted off the Hamptons

[SF_Redux]

children at a football game?

[Cold Heart]

Looks like it’s right on the continental shelf. Maybe a big undersea landslide.

[Eye of Unk]

I am watching my favorite disaster flick 2012 right now.

[onedoug]

It seems to be about 4 miles deep. Maybe triggering a landslide, but not its cause.

[Cold Heart]

I should have been clearer. I was thinking a landslide was the cause of the 5’ observed wave (tsunami).

[Vaquero]

lived here for around 40+ years.....

I felt an earthquake in 1981 or 82...that one was centered in LI Sound...thought it was a big truck shaking the main road a block away...except it took too long to pass.....only later I read that it was a quake....

I did not feel this one.

[Vaquero]

I was thinking a landslide was the cause of the 5’ observed wave (tsunami).

there is also the Hudson canyon that goes from NYC all the way to the continental shelf...there could have been a slide there.

also, the weight of thousands of feet of ice on the coast of the north east during the last ice age is still experiencing spring back, that is felt as quakes.....

[onedoug]

Good point. Isostatic rebound.

God´s made it well.

[Vaquero]

the epicenter is at the continental shelf not too far from the Hudson canyon, visible a few miles south and to west.....

[redhead]

"I am watching my favorite disaster flick 2012 right now."

I haven't been able to bring myself to watch that. Is it any good? Like "10.5" or "Dante's Peak?" Inquiring minds want to know...

[bikerman]

Bush’s fault

[dljordan]

“Bush’s fault”

Nope, CTHULHU! He arises to claim his children in DC.

[Palladin]

Interesting.

Will The Big One hit NYC instead of L.A.?

[Vaquero]

here is an interesting factoid.

if the big one hits here under or near Long Island. As the island is made of sand and bedrock is way deep below sea level, the shaking will sift the whole island into the sea.

of course it would take an 8 or more on the ricter scale for this to happen but who knows?

[Jonah Hex]

Somebody woke up Cloverfield?