3.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles WNY

In 65 years I can remember only two small rumbles in the NYC area. There's nothing more disturbing than feeling the Earth shake under your feet no matter how small it may be.

I remember the quick jolt that made me think a truck hit my house in 2015 in Michigan -- It was a 4.2 magnitude, at a depth of 3.7 miles, centered about 5 miles south of Galesburg, located in south central Michigan, close to the Indiana border and just over 50 miles southeast from where I live. This was felt all the way up near Grand Rapids. Earthquakes are rare here, just like in western New York, but they do happen. Our strongest one was a 4.6 in 1947. My heart goes out to the people who experience massive quakes, like the one that just happened in Turkey. Very scary.

I was like 4 when I felt my first earthquake but my mom had already told me about them. So I looked around the playroom I was in, noticed that the entire room was shaking and so I realized it must be an earthquake. The friend who was in there with me thought she was going to die but I just did what my mom had said to do when I felt one of these earthquakes and so I got her to go to a relatively safe spot with me. If you know about earthquakes and that they could happen in your area, it makes them less scary. Yes, you will always still get an adrenaline rush but being able to figure out what's going on sooner rather than later reduces the level of anxiety that you feel.

I experienced the two tremors in the 60s. First I had just got home from school. I was downstairs and my older brother was upstairs in his room working out with free weights. All of a sudden I heard a loud noise maybe about ten seconds long. I figured my brother had dropped his weights so I ran upstairs. My brother had obviously not dropped anything and we figured it was a tremor. We were aware there was a fault line in the area. The next day a couple classmates who lived in the opposite direction as me told me about a St Bernard that loved kids and we were all familiar with him as he would run up to us for petting and to play. He started to run up to them and all of a sudden he turned around and ran away yipping. They looked at each other wondering what was wrong. Within a few seconds they felt the quake. Apparently the dog sensed it first.

I generally sleep through earthquakes of this size too but, then again, the ground is different over there than it is in California and you all tend to feel them more readily and in a larger radius. I almost didn't feel the first of the Ridgecrest earthquakes because I thought it was my fan vibrating the bed until the very end of the earthquake. It happens.

I grew up on the west coast I have been thru many earthquakes & I have to say this seemed like an explosion & NOT an e.q. Plus the animals reactions weren't typical of those who experience e.q's. Our many dogs, cats, horses, etc. would ALL start really reacting, whining & barking, meowing, whinnying & all of them running as if REALLY startled. Even the chickens & ducks knew ahead of time. They'd all start this behavior a few seconds before we could notice anything resembling a quake. Another thing is that where the e.q's. are located they're different. Some move in a rolling motion like waves on the ocean where others shake & jerk & yet others feel like strikes coming from deep in the earth in a pounding type of sensation. I guess you have to go thru several quakes to understand, ya gotta be there. The strongest 1 was a 7.2 on the Richter Scale & afterwards we had 100's of aftershocks that followed for days. They truly make you realize just how tiny & helpless we are & how life is not under our control like we imagine it is. It also makes a person of faith lean on the Lord & know HE'S ultimately in control & that brings us such peace in the midst of the chaos, P.T.L.!

I've only felt one earthquake about 10 years ago. I was in Jersey but it actually happened in Virginia. I was in my yard and everything got wavy and everyone's windows rattled. Odd sensation. I couldn't imagine living in California where they're much more common.

Native Californian here, yep there are all kinds. Rolling jolting, wavy. Some sound like a train like the 87 Whittier Narrows, or like everything is cracking like the Recent LaHabra quake. Always scary and never have gotten used to them ❤

I live on the outskirts of buffalo, kind of near Marilla. I suddenly woke up to what I thought was my house partially collapsing. Once it stopped, I was confused as hell, and I then heard my sister opening her door to ask what happened, giving me the courage to open my door asking what happened. She thought a car crashed into the house. I ended up sleeping with her out of fear, lol. 2 major snowstorms, 1 a blizzard, Damar Hamlin, bills lose in playoffs not going to the Superbowl, and now an earthquake. Can't get any worse, can it?

As far as being anxious about earthquakes: I once had a dream that the Big One was happening and I was relieved because I was dreaming I was in the park and away from anything that might fall. Then my brain kicked in and reminded me that I was actually sleeping inside the house and I jolted awake. My heart was racing and, the more I tried to figure out whether the motion I felt was the start of the Big One, the faster my heart raced. When it didn't get big, I finally realized that the "shaking" I thought I had felt had been my heart all along! lmao Bottom line about earthquakes is that, if you're not in a shitty building, you'll probably be fine.

These rattling earthquakes instead of the bouncy ones are so damaging. Back in 1983 I was in Popayan, Colombia and in the middle of the Holy Week, at 8:10 a.m. Holy Thursday, the ground shacked like in the videos but with 5.2 intensity and lasted 18 seconds. Those were the longer 18 seconds in my life. The city got destroyed.

In the 50+ years of my life, this is the biggest quake Western New York has experienced. Can't imagine what it's like in all the places throughout the world that have had multiple quakes that were much stronger, especially the one in Turkey today.

I heard a rumble and a moment later my whole house shook. Scared the shit out of me. First time in my life ever experiencing an earthquake.

The earth is redistributing its pressures along old and deep faults which are felt in a larger area east of the Mississippi because it is a geologically much older "ground" than west of the MIssissippi-and the Rockies. I live in Kansas and even we get some occasional ground rumblings. Some are more shallow faults that get exacerbated by fracting. Kansas also shares a fault with Oklahoma that goes right down the middle of Kansas under the Flint Hills, but makes itself most felt south of the Kansas border in Oklahoma City. The northern branch of that fault can be traced to the east and goes right under Topeka. Back in November 2011?/2012?, we had a small earthquake in Topeka just east of Bennett's Mound. It shook my entire computer desk and monitor. Also, I could see the shadow of the chandelier in my dining room swinging more than you would think it would in such a small rumbling. My dog certainly noticed it. She was barking like crazy. I could hear a deep rumbling while it was all taking place, about 45 seconds of rumble and movement.

Man. If this had happened a day earlier, I could have felt this. :(

I felt something this morning at almost the same time, It was not as strong as it appears to be in the video, but very simmilar. The crazy thing is that it was on the opposite side of the country. I wonder if it was related.

As someone from the Los Angeles California area I know if you’re not familiar with them earthquakes can sometimes be frightening. I’m amazed from the different cameras that there were no objects falling on the ground. Sadly it is a different story in Turkey 🇹🇷 and the surrounding area where many buildings have collapsed and several thousands of people have been killed.

I was within 3 miles of the epicenter of the 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake. It lasted FOREVER and the movement was up and down, up and down. I was trying to walk to a door frame and it was nearly impossible. No electricity, gas, or water available for three days. Lines around the block for groceries or bottled water. Stock up folks. Always be ready.

I live in California now and have gone through a lot of earthquakes since living here for 32 yrs, but I was born and raised in upstate NY and we had several earthquakes that I know of growing up in NY state as well, and some of them started with a loud roaring sound or just a jolt to let you know earthquakes do happen in New York state...

The last lady they interviewed said it all. Wow I hope everybody’s OK.

Here in Lebanon the earthquake woke us up at 3:10 am the whole ground was shaking it really felt like a nightmare and it lasted about 1minute till it went away but the second time was more subtle it was 4.8 magnitude earthquake

Snow blizzards and earthquakes, you folks are having a rough winter! Prayers for everyone's safety.

That's crazy because we felt a similar occurrence in our home a few days ago in eastern NC and thought it was a explosion close by. Neighbors 3 miles down the road also felt and heard the same thing. That's crazy. Our house jolted hard and I even heard a loud explosion sound. Nothing has been on the news about it around here though🤔

We don't get to command the earth not to quake and make it obey without question, but we're still empowered to assist one another through any calamities. My condolences neighbors.

Natural disasters, rumors of war... crazy times right now

I'm in an area where we literally have never felt an earthquake. I can't imagine the terror of one suddenly occuring

I’ve been through many earthquakes over the years…both “ rolling” and “ quick rattle”. Usually, the quick rattle quakes mean you are close to the epicenter…the farther you are from that center, the more “ roll” you will feel.

I live in eastern NY and I felt it too.

I was in my basement at 6 am and the house made weird noises like a ghost walking around upstairs, but apear's to have been the temor before the earth quake. At 6:15am I heard a sound outside and felt like 3 pulse wave through the ground then it hit the house and shook the house violently. After all, I can say to describe it was like a wave coming and crashing into a boat, but in this case was a house. But, I figure that's a better anology to describe it to someone that wasn't there. I have also felt Lighting strike shake the ground at first Thats what I thought Was a 3.8 magnitude that's pretty big for this area

I feel the Earth move under my feet, I felt the sky come tumbling down

NY & earthquakes. Plattsburgh around 1983/4 there was a little shaker. Like the one reported here. Because of our proximity to an AFB, we assumed to be a nuclear target (it was the Cold War after all), we woke up and struggled to decide whether or not we had time to set up our lawn chairs and await the flash. We decided to drink beer instead. I live in SoCal now and don't even wake up for anything less than a 4.5 (local epicenter). Fun stuff!

I learned if you are at the epicenter, I sure did not feel a roll or a shake. I felt like the ground dropped and came back up with a loud noise, also a hard jolt. It’s like dropping a rock in water. The center drops and then goes back up sending out the shake oll effect and lessens as it goes away from the center.

I PRAY that everyone in BUFFALO and ALL OVER WESTERN NY ARE SAFE .. GOD BLESS

We had a 3.5 in Maine a few weeks ago, sounded like a jet breaking the sound barrier. If you old enough to have been around when they were legal. Then a few after shocks.

We live just outside West Seneca. First a good vibration then a very loud bang. Mother Nature letting us know who's in charge. Let's keep the actual victims in the mid-east in our prayers.

Even living in California for 34 years…. I’ve felt ones like that lol…still scares me

We do not jump out of bed for 3.8's in California, but I bet it's scary to those unfamiliar and in an unlikely place. New Yorkers, just Harlem Shake in the opposite direction to counteract it. :)

Earthquakes up North are short from my experiences. Like an explosion. Thinking a loaded semitrailer is going down your street. There are many fault lines throughout the world. New Madrid for one. I experienced 3 in my life. Usually 3.1 or less. Some you can’t feel unless you’re on a second floor. Still scary.

I was in Big Bear area and the earthquake was like a cannon shot, going straight up from the fault line.

I’ve been through rolling and banging, sharp quakes so… not uncommon in Ca. Prophets said this would happen all the way to D.C.😳

We had a small earthquake here in Kentucky in April 2008 around 5am which surprised me and I later found out about the infamous "New Madrid" fault that covers Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky and they say it's overdue for a "Big One". I had already been through the "Loma Prieta" quake in the San Fracisco Bay Area back in October 17th, 1989 which was a doozy and am not too happy to know that they have them here in this part of the country.

I thought a car hit the house, or a meteor. It was like a sharp explosion, didn’t even feel a rumble

So scary, the massive earthquakes in Turkey and then one here in the USA, prayers for everyone. Thank God all are safe there.

Not that far away in Holland, NY and heard/felt 0.00000000. Good coverage!

Many of the aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge quake were like that- you could hear them coming as a whoosh, and then the struck in on sharp bang. Very unusual.

I felt a 4.0 in my basement apartment in NJ in 1986. Scary!

Hello from California myself I remember the Whittier earthquake and I remember earthquake that took place up in San Francisco doing the San Francisco Giants game definitely the the Northridge Earthquake 6.7 on the Richter scale lasting 37 seconds which was more like a nightmare for all of California I hope that the people over New Yorker okay just be safe and prepare for the next if it ever happens God bless everyone

Heard about the gigantic ones in turkey. This is the first I’ve heard of this one.

there was one like that in Chesterville Maine this morning too it left a huge crack along the frozen snow they called it a frost quake

Love how they included the doggo's protest after the shake. 😄

Providence, RI experienced an earthquake a few years ago and I was confused since I didn’t think earthquakes could happen on the east coast. I thought they only happened in California and on other countries 😮!

I live in south jersey... I woke up to my 5 year old son telling me there was an earthquake... I don't know how he felt it or knew but he did.

I was in a around magnitude 5 in Malang Indonesia in 2016. I was living in an ALL cement home w a caged in backyard. It was so scary. I had to get out into front courtyard & prayed nothing would fall upon us. Praying for everyone bc these calamities, plagues, terrible events are going to start happening w much more frequency & detriment. Plz see that you are saved? In repentance? I love you all & I pray for our Heavenly Father to have mercy & protect us all. Much love, prayers of blessings.

Everyone have your gas lines checked for loose connections and broken gas lines.

Would it be possible to feel and hear this quake in the lower northern peninsula of Michigan? I ask be because around that time we heard and felt a very quick bomb like noise and very quick vibration, loud enough to startle us and jump up and then it stops.

Actually I have been in this type of earthquake in California in 2008, the bang type explosion I thought someone ran into the house I was in, I was told it was because the epicenter was close by.

Yes, this is what it feel like to live in California...only we EXPECT to get jolted out of bed due to an earthquake, so I'm sure it was confusing for all the people who felt it. Dog in this video is CLEARLY not happy with it. You have to LOVE that newscaster's daughter immediately texts dad to verify wtf that was. lol So sweet.

Im in Rochester and didnt feel it was right on the border of the zone its really sandy here too

That was a strong 3.8!

My husband felt it while driving up by the Jamestown airport area. He was going down a curvy hill and thought a deer hit him.

So scary, there’s too many in the last 24 hours. Being here in Ca I’m scared, we’re overdue for a big one. So sorry NY and Turkey 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I was in the 2011 4.0 earthquake in VA that was felt up to MA. I have relatives in CA. These are on a plate which is different from the composition of the plates in CA.

I used to live in Albany, we had one I remember. Wasn’t big, but it sloshed the fish tank all over.

The New Madrid earthquake was centered in Missouri, but felt in Boston, Montreal, and New York!

Hammer talked about how he didn't think it was an earthquake instead of listening to the reports coming in. Instead of her personal experiences, the woman who is on each morning with him, reported what was being told by observers instead of sharing her personal experiences. She was the real reporter this morning.

Keep them hearts light and calm everyone 💓🧲💓💐🌻💐🌻💐🌻

Hello from California just want to let you know that there is always noise before an earthquake. It’s usually like a Hum

there’s a fault line right there, ain’t been active in a while …. there’s a spot in Ny where you can see the fault line in the rocks

Always stay under brittle structures during a earthquake is what I learned in my physics class

We had a small one in N.E. Ohio in May 1985. 3.2 +or- centered in Erie, OH.

Great reporting Patrick. Hello from Minnesota ❤

Depend on the type of soil

The 7.4 that hit Ridgecrest California about 2 years ago hit my house and lifted my big chair with me in it straight up fast and then it slammed me in my chair back against the wall. I could then see and feel the quake rolling my house up and down and back and forth. I ran outside and the big pine trees were swaying back and forth and also my wooden fence. My poor cousin is old and he had never felt anything like it. He was trying to hold onto a fence and he told me that he thought his medicine was too strong. Lol 🤣 We were 60 miles away from the epicenter.

Some Earthquakes are jolting. There are some that do roll as well. I was born and raised in California, and know the feeling of both. Rolling usually last longer than the jolting ones.

Lived in California during San Fransico and you do hear noise and been in South Carolina when they had an earthquake. It had a bang and I wonder if it is because the faults haven't moved in a long time. Almost like a sonic boom. More charring than a roll, like California. Be interesting if someone who studies this a kind of thing as a reason for it.

Grandma recalled earthquakes in her lifetime. She lived all her life in Marilla,NY.

The plates are shifting hard right now , there was a massive 7.8 in turkey , we can expect to see several more similar over the next week or so

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword"

Thank God it was not a 7.5 . Those people are hurting.

Only felt one Quake so far from VA .. it was felt in the NY area of the city..about 10 yrs ago

I remember one in Lackawanna when I was a kid. Must have been the 66 or 67 quake. Then I moved to So Cal and felt a few real ones.

That was crazy! 😳

Yea I remember the shock when I learned that NYS has a HUGE fault line going thru it and the National Earthquake center is here as well.

New Yorkers: We are strong and can get through anything. New Yorkers when it's a little chilly and there is a small earthquake: We are lucky to be alive! This just shows how strong we are!

That looked like an explosion vibration as well

Been in many earthquakes here in SF, 1989 earthquake was 6.9. Felt many above 5. Glad there weee no casualties or major damage.

As a Californian yeah we get ones who sound like trains coming through your house. But we have little 2.4 plus all the time. I'm so used to them all tho unless it's 5.8 plus I don't even notice when we have one 🤷🏼‍♀️ even then it's like "oh my plants are shaking, it's a earth quake" and I go about my day.

i love earthquakes !!

I had no idea we had a fault near-by. I lived in Los Angeles for years, and experienced the rolling-feeling..type. I told my sons it was an explosion, no way was that an earthquake. 😂

Thats crazy i just went through a 6.4 this is regular lol hope everyone is safe

Be thankful it wasn’t as bad as the earthquake in Syria/Turkey this morning. These are the craziest of times in every corner of the world! Prayers to everyone close these areas. No one is exempt when it comes to Mother Nature! 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

We felt this on the other side of the lake in Port Hope Ontario.

The birth pains are getting closer and closer together

While Cascadia keeps absorbing the energy...wow ...not in my lifetime....not in my lifetime....

Sweet, that’s a beautiful fade. I’ve been to many of these in Cali

There was one that happened in Turkey 10 days ago it was 7.8 and 7.6

I recommend the YT channel Dutchsinse. He's accurately predicted hundreds of earthquakes including the one we had. He's on average 24 hours ahead but sometimes up to a week. Usgs says you can't predict them but you surely can

I was visiting a friend in Tokyo Japan in 2002. It was early and I was fast asleep, I woke to the air “trembling”, the whole Earth felt like it was shaking and it was POWERFUL. I thought a ghost woke me up and I called out my friend’s name slowly. It lasted less than a minute but it felt so long. I can’t even imagine, what the earthquake of 9.0 was like when it hit Japan or what SYRIA and Turkey are going through. It’s stronger than a nuclear missile. The power of that force is like God breathing down his discontent. Not good. Jesus, mercy.

Pressure release of tectonic plates occurs two ways, most are as you said rolling and last more than a few seconds, what you felt today was a jolt, this is a more violent release of pressure that last only a few seconds. What you felt was a direct effect of the quake in Turkey.

Damit man I live very close to the San Andreas fault line it has been so quite for way too long...every now and then I think about it we’ll see how it goes