Wantagh and Seaford Feel Earthquake Centered in Virginia

Wantagh and Seaford residents could feel some shakes in the ground Tuesday afternoon following a reported 5.8 earthquake in Virginia that was felt in New York as well as Washington D.C. and Ohio.

The effects from the Virginia earthquake hit the Long Island region just before 2 p.m.  and during the next hour over a dozen local residents posted comments on the Wantagh-Seaford Patch Facebook page about what they felt.

One resident from Seaford, Bob Grigonis, said on Facebook he woke up from a sound sleep during the earthquake and that his entire house started to shake.

Carol Marsma, who resides in the southern section of Wantagh, posted that she could feel the earth shake while working at her basement computer. “My chair actually rolled from side to side with me on it,” she said. “Monitor shook as well as pictures on the walls....scary.”

“My entire house in Wantagh shook for about 10 seconds,” said Patty Torres on the Facebook page.

David Forman of Wantagh posted that he was eating lunch in his kitchen when the earthquake effects began. “First I saw felt the table shaking, saw my sliding door shaking and my deck shaking for about four or five seconds, maybe less,” he said. “Had to call a friend to make sure I wasn't going crazy.”

The Long Island Rail Road said most train service was unaffected by the shaking felt in the region but the JFK AirTrain was temporarily suspended while the tracks were being inspected. Control towers at JFK and Newark Liberty airports were evacuated.