4.7 is literally nothing

ziddoap · 2024-04-05T15:02:34.000000Z

It is very obviously not "literally nothing", given the amount of people chiming in that they felt it.

moate · 2024-04-05T15:00:41.000000Z

It’s actually “moderate shaking and light damage expected”[1] but go off sis.

(1)https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ma74...

ancientworldnow · 2024-04-05T17:07:44.000000Z

East coast geology (older, harder rocks) causes earthquakes to feel about ten times stronger than a west coast earthquake. This is felt roughly the same as a 5.8 in California. That's enough to be notable, especially at a shallow depth.

chrinic74929 · 2024-04-05T15:21:50.000000Z

> 4.7 is literally nothing

4.7 quake at 1 km depth will shake more at the surface than a 6.0 at 30 km depth

zzleeper · 2024-04-05T15:35:55.000000Z

4.7 at 5km depth is still nothing for anyone not immediately above the epicenter.