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When will NYC have it's next big EARTHQUAKE?
Five years ago i saw a documentary on NYC and it's faults. it said 95 years ago there was world's worst earthquake that killed millions because they weren't expecting it & all of the skyscrapers collapsed. My Choir is going on a broadway trip to see a broadway show in nyc, and i am VERY scared that tehre will be an earthquake because it has now been exactly 100 years since the last major EARTHQUAKE. soo idk if it was true, but i heard that they were expecting such a big Earthquake thatt it will effect pensylvania and more than half of the east coast. Because of Haiti, Chile, iceland, norway, The volcano etc i'm scared that there will be an earthquake the day we go to nyc help asap.
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I understand how you feel about being scared. I'm from NY (Not NYC) and had never experienced an earthquake in my life. I moved to Los Angeles a year ago, and while there were a couple of earthquakes, they all stopped before it came down to my part of town. Then a couple weeks ago, we had one that I actually felt, and I was completely freaked out. Earthquake safety went over my head, and when it was over, I realized that I just sat there.
Anyways, you can't live life in fear of one. They're going to happen whether you like it or not. And you can't really predict one. You'll have an easier time predicting a volcanic eruption than you will predicting an earthquake. Just live your life. There's really nothing to be scared of. Besides, there are lots of tiny earthquakes everyday but do you ever hear about them? No, because they're so small that there's nothing to report about.
Just live life. Don't worry about earthquakes. Besides, living in NYC I'm pretty sure you've got nothing to fear.
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Chill out.
I LIVE in New York and I'm not panicking or getting the hell out. Know why?
We have extremely sophisticated equipment that monitors seismic activity and can make projections about the future.
When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines a couple years back, the area was evacuated long before. The USGS was on the spot and monitoring the volcano days (maybe weeks?) before the eruption. Why did the US send a geological team to investigate a threat to some random foreign town? Answer - there was a US air force base there.
Now, if they're willing to do that for a bunch of military equipment, think about the effort they would put into protecting a city like New York, pretty much THE most famous city in the world?
Trust, in the EXTREMELY RARE occasion that a major earthquake would occur, you and everyone else in New York would be evacuated long before.
You have nothing to worry about.
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It's almost impossible (if not completely impossible) to predict when an earthquake is going to happen. People can make all the predictions they want, but there's still no way of knowing for sure. I know how you feel, earthquakes scare me, too, but you can't live in fear of one for the rest of your life. This will keep you from being able to fully enjoy yourself. Go on the trip, and have fun. If you're really worried, look online for some online safety tips so you can get some ideas on how to be safe if one occurs.
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