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16114220 No.16114220 [Reply] [Original]

How do earth quakes happen in New Jersey when they aren't near any moving plate?

>> No.16114222

>4.8
>earthquake

>> No.16114223

>>16114220
>any KNOWN moving plate

>> No.16114224

>>16114220
snooki twerkin

>> No.16114225

>>16114220
>why do ripples go across the whole pond when I dropped something at the edge?

>> No.16114253

>>16114225
What causes a ripple in NJ?

>> No.16114255
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16114255

>>16114253
"According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake's epicenter was about 70 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 44 miles west of Newark, N.J."

>> No.16114365

>>16114220
man made

>>16114223
go and find it then

>> No.16114366

>>16114255
there would be a lot more earthquakes if these faults were the cause

>> No.16114434
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>>16114220
That was a very mild quake. Close to big fault lines quakes are 1000x times stronger.

>> No.16114454

>>16114220
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraplate_earthquake

>> No.16114457

>>16114434
>he doesn't know about New Madrid

>> No.16114492

>>16114366
And yet they were.