We live in a small world.
We realize how small when so many of us could feel a magnitude 4.8 earthquake, one mile from Tewksbury, New Jersey at 10:23 a.m. all the way to the Mercy campuses.
Startling is
An email from Mercy Campus Safety:
“The United States Geological Survey has reported that a 4.7 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter near Lebanon, New Jersey occurred at 10:23 am this morning. So far, there are no reports of damage or injuries. Our Campus Safety leaders are monitoring all Emergency Management channels to determine if any further action is needed. Any necessary updates will follow.”
A follow-up email allowed it student that: “As a follow up regarding the earthquake, there has been no damage to any of the facilities at any of our three campuses. There are no safety restrictions at any of our locations and all classes and activities are taking place as scheduled.”
But at the time of writing this, there was no causalities, but as for technology, many devices in the IT department did overheat.
An Amber Alert was sent out of aftershock being felt but people were rag dolls emotionally even if they were not at ground zero.
Maalik Robles, a Mercy University student, commented: “It surprised me, It was my first time experiencing an earthquake. Fun fact, New York and New Jersey and stuff haven’t had such a strong earthquake since the 1700s so this is a rare event 4.8. earthquake.
“First time I’d ever been through an earthquake in my life, and it had me confused and shook.”
Events as such make northeasterners unfamiliar with how to handle the situation.
“Everyone calling each other, checking on each other. It’s such a rare event for the northeast and I’m surprised since I never thought New York and New Jersey would ever get earthquakes, That’s how I’m feeling and laughing.”
The largest earthquake in the state of of New York registered a 5.9 in 1944 and did major damage to Massena on the Canadian border, according to Northeast State Emergency Consortium. The largest in New York city occurred on two dates – first in 1737 and a second on Aug. 10, 1884, which also damaged hoes in New Jersey and stretched to as far as Toledo, Ohio and in parts of Maine. In 2001, an earthquake in Manhattan registered at 2.6.
Prof. Michael Perrota at Mercy University’s perspective of the earthquake was disbelief.
If you are worried about how to stay safe during an earthquake from the United States Geological Survey:
“If you are indoors — stay there! Get under a desk or table and hang on to it (Drop, Cover, and Hold on!) or move into a hallway or against an inside wall. Stay clear of windows, fireplaces, and heavy furniture or appliances.”
As for me personally, I’ve been through this before. Sort of.
I slept through an earthquake in El Salvador before,
For this reporter to know what happened, I’ll have to jog my memory. I was lying on my back in the kitchen watching a stream. I was used to feeling the vibration from getting behind the wheel of a jittery engine that survived multiple crashes and had a flat tire at the time. This time thinking it was all my imagination as I was already shaking with anticipation but later heard a boiler on the opposite side that sounded like it was going to burst, which turned out to be a false alarm.
Then I was getting up to see the window to see if my father was alright and everything was standing, so it calmed my nerves. Even told the Youtube streamer since they were worrying about my safety, getting phone calls from my mother, and texts from my sister, and needed to talk to friends. I was really getting the love.
I had a skip in my step and a smile on my face.
You can get nature get the best of you or you get the best of nature. We didn’t die, so we lived another day. We have learned what can happen
We survived the concert jungle of our construction, from mother nature floods, and even hurricanes.
New York may have the potential to crumble but we can rebuild and better than a skyscraper. To our friends in New Jersey, my heart goes out to you. We are all in it together.
