Easter Break in Manhattan
I missed the earthquake by a day and a half and could have flown back to Rio with a specially printed t-shirt boasting that “I survived NYC earthquake”! These t-shirts are a tribute to the resilient city and to the capitalistic dynamism of its quake survivors! By West Coast standards, an earthquake of 4.8 magnitude is small fry. California’s San Andreas fault presents a far major earthquake risk because it forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American plates. On the other hand, in the New York and New Jersey region, earthquakes are mild but common; they are linked to the Ramapo fault line which sits far from plate boundaries. Although a tectonically calm region, a 5 to 6 magnitude earthquake could occur. A rattle of this magnitude could cause major damages to the aging infrastructure of the very densely populated region. Anyway, the locals should keep their cool, April 5 earthquake was the strongest in 139 years. ...