December 11, 2011 – NEW JERSEY - Local residents felt a slight tremor at about 10 a.m. Saturday. Residents in Newark, Bergen County and Sussex County felt it, too — something that made houses shake and water ripple. It wasn’t an earthquake. But what was it? U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Paul Caruso isn’t sure. “We received a number of reports that people felt something,” Caruso said from the National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado. “We don’t know what it was.” Local residents took to Facebook and Twitter to describe what they thought was an earthquake. “I felt it in Margate, thought I was having a stroke!” wrote Patti Fiore. Caruso has some theories as to what caused the shaking sensation, but at this point it’s merely speculation. “It could have possibly been a thunderstorm off the coast,” Caruso said. “A sonic boom, that’s another possibility.” Caruso said this sort of thing happens several times a year, usually off the coast of Florida. New Jersey has become more earthquake-conscious since August, when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast. –Press of Atlantic City
Floors shook, bottles rattled, bells jingled, and scores of New Jersey residents up and down the state cried “earthquake!” yesterday morning. Was this the state’s second rattler in four months? Despite more than 60 residents who claimed to have felt shaking yesterday morning, a spokesman for the U.S. Geological Survey said none of the seismometers stationed around the state picked up even a hint of trembling. “It’s not an earthquake,” said geophysicist John Bellini, speaking from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Colorado office. “My guess would be it’s more likely thunder or a sonic boom.” -NJ
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Yes, that's what I was referring too, but understand your circumstances as well. I wish that we could afford to purchase the gold and silver that is being recommended.
I hope that the quakes in this region are not as severe as those in other areas - we will experience quakes probably in a lower range. We are just outside the evacuation radius of Peach Bottom in Delta PA. Hopefully, nothing will happen to that facility.
AS to your silver coin comment in chat, I assume you were referring to the upcoming crash of the dollar (or catastrophie causing) and needing silver coins and gold to trade for goods
The bad news is Three Mile Island sits almost on top of the Ramapo. Eeeeew.
Every area on the planet is on the move, the plates are starting to shift.
I know the Ramapo faultline was especially active in dillsburg PA from late 2008 through to this year with small quake swarms (don't know if any are happening now). So I would be guessing that it could be acting up in that area too. This faultline ends up in NYC, so we may start hearing of people detecting movement there in NYC soon.
Thought you might like to see this info because you spoke of it the other day.