Tahitiii wrote:
Around 10:35 pm, Feb 3, we heard and felt a huge explosion. We used to hear stuff from Picatinny Arsenal, which is about two miles north and north-west of us. But this was louder than I remember.
It was big enough to get all the neighbors outside talking, in spite of the snow flurries. And this ain't that kind of neighborhood. I don't even remember half of their names.
On the 11:00 news, NBC (New York) and "News 12 New Jersey" said it was a 3.0 magnitude earthquake. (About ten miles east of us is the tiny Ramapo fault line, running mostly north to south.)
I don't think so.
I've never felt a major earthquake, but I would expect a long, rumbling thing. This was a quick, sharp explosion, followed by a short rumbling. I couldn't tell the direction, but my daughter said it sounded like a truck slammed into the north side of the house.
On the news, they named the towns Kenville & Roxbury, which are south and south-west of us, and Morris Plains is south-east (close to the Ramapo). They said no one reported any damage. No dishes falling off shelves, etc.
The more I think about it, the more I don't buy it.
That's pretty much exactly like what the smaller earthquakes feel like (I've experienced about 3-4 like that in Wyoming & Oregon).