Earthquake in New York and New Jersey Causes Social Media to Explode with Hilarious Memes as Earthquake in Tri-State Area Hits Magnitude 4.8: ‘We Will Rebuild!’

By Martha Williams for Dailymail.Com Published: 11:22 EDT, April 5, 2024 | Updated: 2:54 PM EDT, April 5, 2024 New York City was rocked by a historic 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning. Shocked residents of the tri-state area quickly took to social media to share their reactions to the rare earthquake. The earthquake was magnitude 4.8 and tremors were felt in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut. The epicenter of the earthquake was near Readington in Hunterdon County in New Jersey, according to Governor Phil Murphy. X users joked about how shaken, literally and figuratively, the east coasts were by the earthquake. New York City was rocked by a historic earthquake on Friday morning. I’M FINE — Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) April 5, 2024 The official Empire State Building account on X jokingly posted ‘I’M FINE’ just one minute after the earthquake. Brandon Trusso posted a photo of a fallen trash can with trash spilling out and wrote, “We survived the New York earthquake.” Let’s rebuild.” No damage was reported from the 4.8 earthquake. “Those 30 seconds seemed like 5 minutes because I thought my room was going to collapse and I was going to die,” another user posted. At first, East Coast residents They didn’t know what was happening when the ground started shaking, but word quickly spread that it was actually a natural disaster. Many jokingly compared unsuspecting New York City residents to Californians… who have become accustomed to dealing with earthquakes over the years. An emergency alert was activated on mobile phones 40 minutes after the earthquake, prompting social media users to share funnier memes about the delayed reaction New Yorkers doubted when tremors hit the Big Apple and rushed to social media to confirm their suspicions. “I really thought I was losing control,” one user posted. Social media users have shared posts about the earthquake, which was also felt in New Jersey, Virginia and Philadelphia. In midtown Manhattan, the usual cacophony of traffic grew louder as motorists honked their horns on streets that momentarily shook. Some Brooklyn residents heard a thunderous sound and their buildings shaking. In an apartment building in Manhattan’s East Village, a resident of California, an area more prone to earthquakes, calmed nervous neighbors. The earthquake was a 4.8 and tremors were felt in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut. And New York sends out the emergency alert about the earthquake now. About 40 minutes later. LOL— Grant Swift (@GrantSwiftMusic) April 5, 2024 Share or comment on this article: Earthquake in New York and New Jersey Causes Social Media to Explode with Hilarious Memes as Earthquake in Tri-State Area Hits Magnitude 4.8: ‘We will rebuild!’