Did you feel it?

Is 2.1 really an earthquake? - I doubt anyone would feel that. I also doubt that there was no damage.

In my country there is not a single day that we don`t have an earthquake of that magnitude so we don`t bother to talk about them. I am scared of earthquakes so I talk about the earthquakes when they are around 5º Richter. Many people laugh at me. Earthquakes are something to talk about here when they do some damage.

You remind me of an acquaintance. Back in 2003 when Paso Robles and Templeton had the huge earth quake that was felt miles and miles away a friend of mine was driving through the closest large city and didn't feel a thing. He got to his destination and couldn't understand what all the hub bub was about. When he was told that there was a big shaker his words were "Dam I missed it!" My son in law, who lived in Paso Robles, slept through the whole thing. It is really something because the shaker was a 6. something. I live a mile from the epicenter and I was thrown from my chair across the house! The television came sailing out of the entertainment center towards my outstretched arm. I was paralyzed and couldn't move from the force of the quake. It was like someone caught the television and held it until my arm could move. I know now why there are so many causalities in an earthquake. It isn't from the fear and running, it is from the force of the quake making it impossible to move. Do you have many earthquakes in your area? I somehow visualize the east coast not having that many quakes. Of course having it at a 2.1 says a lot, in California a 2.1 quake is a slight shimmy. I will say that having the slight adjustments in the earth's crust like you're having right now will help control the possibility of a major quake. I had realized that when we had the 6. something quake in 2003 that we hadn't had the smaller quakes to adjust the earth's plates. Just remember that if you have a big shaker to get into a doorway and brace yourself through the quake. Doorways are the most stable part of the house. Don't race outside during a quake because of the possibility of falling debris and downed power lines. In the 2003 quake we had two causalities because the women panicked and ran outside and got caught by a downfall of bricks.

Oh no! The second one huh? Where I live there is a mega earthquake just waiting to happen. Yellowstone that is. I am just a state away. It would have major devistation and it could happen any time. We've lucked out for many years and how much longer do we have?

What is Mother nature trying to tell us?.

It's good to see you safe. You know a 2.1-magnitude earthquake is not strong, and it isn't affecting our life. So, just relax yourself, and believe it's quite normal. Enjoy your life with happy and don't care about it.

It was such a pity and 2.1 magnitude earthquake happened in South West New Jersey. I live in England so live so far away to have felt it. I love to travel to different countries in the world. I traveled with my five year old disabled son and my three year old daughter to South America at Easter time this year. In Chile we experienced 2 earthquakes. The first one we felt in the night time when we were in bed. It woke me up and I felt terrified. I hoped it was just a bad dream but it was real life. Oh, no. In the morning I told my friend I was staying with. She confirmed it was an earthquake. She looked at the Internet for information. It had been a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. A few days later in the day time my friend was in her garden and I was walking across the lounge. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake happened. The whole place shook and I was afraid of the glass door and windows banging about. A day earthquake is more terrifying than in the night time for that kind of strength earthquake. My friend explained her house is strong and in the 2010 stronger earthquake only an ornament got broken. She said that strength earthquake in Haiti would be enough to take a lot of buildings down and kill people. Chile is a developed country with strong buildings. In the Conception area of Chile the strong earthquake in 2010 took down some buildings and killed some people.

Alledgedly, there have been a couple of earthquakes that people felt here from Canada and the Adirondack Mountains. But I haven't felt any. I've felt some from the past, but not this year so far.

Hi NailTech. Nope. Didn't feel that one as it is too far away from me. But I did feel one Wednesday evening when there was one in my area. It was a tiny little rumble where I am and I heard a rather insignificant little boom, too. The earthquake was centered about 50 miles away from me.

Hope no one got hurt and hope that we should be prepared for these earthquakes or aftershocks. For the past three months we have experienced earthquakes of 4.1 magnitude and higher in our area in the Philippines.

I don't live in the US I live in the UK and have never experienced an earthquake. I commented because I wanted to say I hope none got hurt,and everybody okay! It must be terrifying to be n the same place as a earthquake is happening I couldn't even imagine it. I have seen it on TV and it looks really scary! Glad you were far,away from it.

I hate quakes, we had a big one here in mexico a few months back 7.3.