Disclaimer: This blog does not contain full documentation of the laboratory procedures, neither does it pretend to provide a complete lab instruction. Instead, it is designed to document special moments in the physics lab. Enjoy!
Two Earthquakes in NJ
On April 5, 2024, the lab started as usual. We were getting the equipment out to investigate the coefficient of static friction when quite a strange noise caught the students' attention... We witnessed a Whitehouse Station earthquake (M 4.8) followed by a few aftershocks.
In the afternoon, the Gladstone earthquake (M 3.8) shook NJ.
The map shows numerous earthquakes (M > 2.5) within the last 24 hours before the screenshot was taken. Did you notice anything unusual about the blue dot that shows the location of the NJ earthquakes today?