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The best 2024 New York earthquake memes
BySocial Links forNatalie O'Neill
Published April 5, 2024, 5:26 p.m. ET
They’re shaking — from laughter.
The internet was flooded Friday with funny and sarcastic memes poking fun of New Yorkers’ over-the-top reaction to the 4.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled the area with no reported injuries.
“Photos of the destruction out in Long Island,” one user quipped on X along with a photo of a single toppled lawn chair.
9A flood of memes poked fun of New Yorkers’ reaction to the earthquake Friday.
“I AM FINE,” the official Empire State Building account tweeted in mock reassurance.
Others spoofed the temblor as nothing but a blip.
“Did anyone else in NYC feel that earthquake,” another meme teases — along with an image of a destroyed Statue of Liberty.
9Some memes pointed out that the quake was just a blip.
“New Yorkers telling Taiwan how bad their earthquake was,” proclaims one meme featuring a photo of Mel Gibson sitting comfortably in a directors chair next to a bloody Jesus Christ.
9New York Post cover for April 6, 2024.
Another including a photo of an overturned trash can declared sarcastically, “We survived the NYC earthquake. We will rebuild.”
9New Yorkers take nothing seriously, some X users said.
Others used “Sex and the City” to tease New Yorkers.
9One user spoofed New Yorkers with a “Sex and the City” meme.
“As New York was hit by an earthquake, i couldn’t help but wonder, were the tectonic plates as unstable as my history with Big?” reads one meme accompanying an image of Carrie Bradshaw typing on her laptop.
9New York City sent out an emergency alert about the earthquake.
“Did we shake or were we shook?” a meme featuring Oprah Winfrey ponders sarcastically.
9Twitter was flooded by earthquake memes Friday.
“New York seeing where the earthquake originated,” reads another meme featuring an actor squinting at the phrase “New Jersey.”
Meanwhile, another tongue-in-cheek meme proclaims, “I survived the NYC earthquake on April 5th, 2024” — as another X user called the Big Apple the worst place to experience an earthquake because New Yorkers take nothing in earnest.
9An “I survived” meme went viral on Friday.
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The 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Lebanon, NJ, around 10:23 a.m., sending scared residents into the street.
9The earthquake’s epicenter was in New Jersey.AP
Nobody was killed or injured, according to reports Friday.
How Friday's earthquake measures up to previous ones in the region
ByMeredith Deliso
Friday, April 5, 2024 6:45PM
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the New York City region Friday morning -- marking one of the strongest earthquakes on the East Coast in the last century, officials said.
The earthquake was centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage, USGS said.
Earthquakes along the Atlantic Seaboard are "uncommon but not unheard of" and tend to be felt by a broader swath of people than those that occur on the West Coast, according to USGS. That's because the rocks in the Earth's crust in the east are older and more rigid, causing seismic energy to travel more efficiently, according to the agency.
Here's a look at notable earthquakes to impact the region.
1737
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake on Dec. 19, 1737, in the greater NYC area caused chimneys to fall, according to the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (OEM). It measured at an intensity of VII on the Mercalli Intensity Scale, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).1783
The strongest earthquake to impact New Jersey occurred on Nov. 30, 1783, west of NYC, according to NJ OEM. The 5.3-magnitude, intensity VII quake was felt from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania and also knocked down chimneys, the agency said.1884
An earthquake in New York City on Aug. 10, 1884, was felt from Virginia to Maine, according to NJ DEP. The VII-intensity quake toppled chimneys in NYC and New Jersey, the agency said.Records from NJ DEP cite the earthquake as 5.5 magnitude, while the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and NJ OEM record it as being 5.2 magnitude.
The epicenter of the quake was later determined to be in Brooklyn, according to the National Museum of American History, which noted that there was extensive newspaper coverage of the incident at the time.
1895
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake near High Bridge, New Jersey, on Sept. 1, 1895, was felt "over a considerable distance" to the Northeast and Southwest, according to NJ OEM.1985
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake in Ardsley, New Jersey, on Oct. 19, 1985, was felt by many in the NYC area, according to NJ OEM.2011
Tens of millions of people along the East Coast felt the effects of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred near Mineral, Virginia, on Aug. 23, 2011, according to USGS. It was felt from Georgia to southern Canada, according to NJ OEM. The quake was the strongest in the eastern U.S. since a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in 1944 near Cornwall, New York, according to USGS.2024
Shaking was felt from Maine to Washington, D.C., after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, on Friday, according to USGS. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called it "one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast in the last century." That level of magnitude is not expected to result in much damage, according to USGS.Based on the preliminary magnitude, the quake was the strongest with an epicenter in New Jersey since 1783, according to NJ OEM records. It was also the fourth-strongest on record in the NYC area, according to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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