Quake

Quake ON Long Island
It’s not often we hear about earthquakes on long island. Long Island had an earthquake on Tuesday and some of us from Nassau to Suffolk counties felt the earth move beneath our feet.
A quake 150 miles off the eastern shore hit Long Island. It weighed in as a 3.9 magnitude, and its shocks were felt from New York to Massachusetts. While the earthquake was off the Long Island coast, its tremors were felt in western Nassau County and in the East End. Not much damage has been reported.
The epicenter was 79 miles south-southeast of Southampton at a depth of more than 4 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and registered 3.9 on the Richter scale at 10:45 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Although most of the severe effects of the quake were felt out east especially the Hamptons, other complaints came in from residents who said they felt like a big truck was driving by.
The earthquake wasn’t big enough to do any damage or hurt anyone, and the US Coast Guard said there is no threat of a tsunami, which could have caused huge disasters. Its 3.9 magnitude was the biggest earthquake in our area in 18 years. According to the USGS which monitors earthquakes across the country, an earthquake of up to a magnitude of 4.0 "infrequently causes damage near its source." This is not the first time Long Island had an earthquake this year, in June a Canadian earthquake was felt in parts of Long Island as well. Hopefully, this will be last one for a while.