NEW YORK, NY — The Big Apple is due for the Big One.
The trio of earthquakes that surprised New Jersey over the past month has seismologists wondering what's next - and they say it doesn't look good.
Experts Warn NYC In For Big Quake
NEW YORK, NY — The Big Apple is due for the Big One.
The trio of earthquakes that surprised New Jersey over the past month has seismologists wondering what’s next – and they say it doesn’t look good.
They call the geological fault lines crisscrossing Manhattan a perfect storm for a temblor that could topple older buildings, cause billions of dollars in damages and kill people citywide.
New York has survived at least three quakes measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, but two of them hit back in the 1700s and the other centered on Coney Island in 1884, toppling chimneys.
The city should expect a jolt like that last one every 100 years, the experts warn – which means we’re overdue. Jersey’s recent baby quakes, which caused no damage and failed to rise above 3.0 in magnitude, may have been warning shots, they say.
A 6.0-magnitude quake could cause as much as $200 billion in damages, according to a 2003 study by the New York City Area Consortium for Earthquake Loss Mitigation.
No laughing matter
I think I’ll be fine. There’s no kingston ave. fault.
Ad Mosai
Signs of Moshiach
KingStoner
The whole Kingston Ave. is one faulty street, criscrossed with cracks that seem like an earthquake hit in the past and it never recovered…
Here-s one for you.
Question: What did the Hurricaine say to the Earthquake?
Answer: It wasn’t my fault.
moishie
The “eperts” were all wrong that last jolt in NJ was when they opened the food line at a bar-mitsvah.
remembering..........
actually there was a minor earthquake in ’85 or ’86, in brooklyn, so we’re not overdue.
also remembering
The 1985 earthquake struck the NYC area(epicenter Westchester County) on Shabbos morning, approx. 6:12 AM.,Parshas Noach. It’s strength was 3.8.
I’ll never forget Rabbi Yaacov Spivak’s radio show that
Motzei Shabbos, when he asked a friend in California,
“Oh, by the way, what are you doing exporting your earthquakes over here?”