New York and New Jersey were jolted by a 4.8 earthquake onFriday dawn , a uncommon occurrence in the region . But we ca n’t say we were n’t warned . Scientists have been predicting The Big One could hit New York at some point . And the predictions date back over a one C .
The illustrations above run in the November 1924 issue of Science and Invention magazine . The magazine was founded by sci - fi caption Hugo Gernsback , and these were very earnest predictions for the future of New York . The drawings depict how Manhattan might crumble under its own weight unit in the event of an earthquake , all because there were “ cave or pockets ” underneath the open .
From the1924 article :
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A prediction that some time in the not far distant next New York City would , be shaken by an earthquake more horrific than the one which bust up Tokio [ sic ] last Summer was made today by Professor David Todd , professor of astronomy at Amherst College .
There were a number of clause published in the mid-1920s about earthquakes in urban areas after that specially lethal quake strike Japan onSeptember 1 , 1923 . The consequence would claim over 140,000 life sentence after the tsunami and blast rip through Tokyo and Yokohama .
Incredibly , some people of the 1920s blamednew technologies like radiofor make earthquakes . But given the ludicrous notion of people on social mediahere in 2024 , maybe we should n’t gauge them too gratingly .
The 1920s was a heyday for anxiousness about New York getting hit with an earthquake , but the relaxation of the 20th century also examine unlike predictions about possible temblor in New York , all the way up to a 1995 article in New York magazine , which warned something swelled could be ahead . tick through the slideshow for more example from the past 100 years .
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