The Next Major Quake: The Sixth Seal of NYC

New York is overdue an earthquake from faults under city

New York is OVERDUE an earthquake from a ‚brittle grid‘ of faults under the city, expert warns

• New York City last experienced a M5 or higher earthquake in 1884, experts say
• It’s thought that these earthquakes occur on a roughly 150-year periodicity 
• Based on this, some say the city could be overdue for the next major quake 

By

Cheyenne Macdonald For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:50 EDT, 1 September 2017 | Updated: 12:00 EDT, 2 September 2017

When you think of the impending earthquake risk in the United States, it’s likely California or the Pacific Northwest comes to mind.

But, experts warn a system of faults making up a ‘brittle grid’ beneath

New York City could also be loading up for a massive temblor.

The city has been hit by major quakes in the past, along what’s thought to be roughly 150-year intervals, and researchers investigating these faults now say the region could be overdue for the next event.

Experts warn a system of faults making up a ‘brittle grid’ beneath New York City could also be loading up for a massive temblor. The city has been hit by major quakes in the past, along what’s thought to be roughly 150-year intervals. A stock image is pictured

THE ‚CONEY ISLAND EARTHQUAKE‘

On August 10, 1884, New York was struck by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake with an epicentre located in Brooklyn.

While there was little damage and few injuries reported, anecdotal accounts of the event reveal the frightening effects of the quake.

One newspaper even reported that it caused someone to die from fright.

According to a New York Times report following the quake, massive buildings, including the Post Office swayed back and forth.

And, police said they felt the Brooklyn Bridge swaying ‘as if struck by a hurricane,’ according to an adaptation of Kathryn Miles’ book Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake.

The rumbles were felt across a 70,000-square-mile area, causing broken windows and cracked walls as far as Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

The city hasn’t experienced an earthquake this strong since.

According to geologist Dr Charles Merguerian, who has walked the entirety of Manhattan to assess its seismicity, there are a slew of faults running through New York, reports author Kathryn Miles in an

adaptation of her new book Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake.

One such fault passes through 125th street, otherwise known as the Manhattanville Fault.

While there have been smaller quakes in New York’s recent past, including a magnitude 2.6 that struck in October 2001, it’s been decades since the last major tremor of M 5 or more.

And, most worryingly, the expert says there’s no way to predict exactly when a quake will strike.

‘That’s a question you really can’t answer,’ Merguerian has explained in the past.

‘All we can do is look at the record, and the record is that there was a relatively large earthquake here in the city in 1737, and in 1884, and that periodicity is about 150 year heat cycle.

‘So you have 1737, 1884, 20- and, we’re getting there. But statistics can lie.

‘An earthquake could happen any day, or it couldn’t happen for 100 years, and you just don’t know, there’s no way to predict.’

Compared the other parts of the United States, the risk of an earthquake in New York may not seem as pressing.

But, experts explain that a quake could happen anywhere.

According to geologist Dr Charles Merguerian, there are a slew of faults running through NY. One is the Ramapo Fault

‘All states have some potential for damaging earthquake shaking,’ according to the US Geological Survey.

‘Hazard is especially high along the west coast but also in the intermountain west, and in parts of the central and eastern US.’

A recent assessment by the USGS determined that the earthquake hazard along the East Coast may previously have been underestimated.

‘The eastern U.S. has the potential for larger and more damaging earthquakes than considered in previous maps and assessments,’ the USGS

report explained.

The experts point to a recent example – the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit Virginia in 2011, which was among the largest to occur on the east coast in the last century.

This event suggests the area could be subjected to even larger earthquakes, even raising the risk for Charleston, SC.

It also indicates that New York City may be at higher risk than once thought.

A recent assessment by the USGS determined that the earthquake hazard along the East Coast may previously have been underestimated. The varying risks around the US can be seen above, with New York City in the mid-range (yellow).

The Russian Horn Prepares for Nuclear War: Revelation 16

This photo taken on Aug. 25, 2023, shows buildings at a nuclear test site in Russia’s Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The large building near the bottom, stretching horizontally, is suspected to be a facility related to nuclear tests, and nearing completion. (Photo courtesy of Planet Labs PBC/Kyodo)

Increased activity at nuclear test site in northern Russia: expert

April 9, 2024 (Mainichi Japan)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Active construction has been seen at a nuclear test site in northern Russia since last year, raising the possibility that Moscow is preparing for a fresh nuclear test, a Japanese expert on the Russian military said Monday

Citing analysis of satellite images, Yu Koizumi, associate professor at the University of Tokyo, said a large-scale facility presumed to be related to nuclear testing appears to be almost complete at the site on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Sea.

Koizumi called the activities exceptional and said Russia could be preparing a subcritical nuclear test, which does not create an explosion.

He believes the move is “to intimidate European countries and the United States” over their support for Ukraine, which is at war with Russia.

Novaya Zemlya was the site of the Soviet Union’s around 130 nuclear tests, including in the atmosphere, underground and undersea, between 1955 and 1990.

Russia continued with subcritical nuclear tests on the island to enhance nuclear weapons and assess their capabilities, with the latest conducted in 2004.

Satellite images by space tech company Maxar Technologies Inc. and Earth imaging firm Planet Labs PBC, both of the United States, showed that works to construct the large facility got fully underway around last summer at the test site on the southern part of Novaya Zemlya, according to Koizumi.

The building, some 200 meters in length, is around double the size of other facilities in the area and was nearly complete in the Maxar images taken in early February, Koizumi said.

“It is highly likely that the facility was newly built for a (nuclear) test,” he said, adding a pile-up of materials around an airport suggests that the facility could be further enlarged.

At the same time, the images did not show any direct evidence of a nuclear test, Koizumi said, citing snow covering an entrance of a tunnel located around 3 kilometers from the nuclear site in the mountains, which could be used for a subcritical nuclear experiment.

In November last year, Russia revoked its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which bans all nuclear explosions, whether for military or peaceful purposes, in a move seen as its de facto exit from the treaty.

“We should seriously worry about Russia playing the card of a nuclear test,” Koizumi said.

The Upcoming Nuclear Meltdown: Jeremiah 12

State Department: Russia is playing ‘very dangerous game’ at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Olena Goncharova

Mon, April 8, 2024 at 8:49 PM MDT·1 min read

The U.S. continues to monitor the conditions at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant following reports about strikes on the plant’s main reactor containment, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press conference on April 8.

“You have heard from us before our belief that Russia is playing a very dangerous game with its military seizure of Ukraine’s nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe,” Miller noted. “It’s dangerous that they’ve done that and we continue to call on Russia to withdraw its military and civilian personnel from the plant, to return full control of the plant to the competent Ukrainian authorities, and refrain from taking any actions that could result in a nuclear incident at the plant.”

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on April 7 that the main reactor containment structures of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been directly struck at least three times. This marks the initial verified strike of its kind since November 2022.

The IAEA said on X that drone strikes had caused physical impact at one of the plant’s six reactors and one casualty. “Damage at unit 6 has not compromised nuclear safety, but this is a serious incident with potential to undermine integrity of the reactor’s containment system,” the IAEA wrote.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear plant in Europe, has been under Russian occupation since March 2022. IAEA teams have been based at the facility on rotation since September 2022.

Who Is The Antichrist? (Revelation 13:11)

Who is Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr? The Iraqi Shia cleric making a comeback in Baghdad

By Stefano Freyr Castiglione
March 11, 2016 09:51 GMT 

Images from last Friday’s demonstrations in Baghdad, where thousands of people gathered outside the so-called Green Zone, may have reminded some observers of the protests that took place in a number of Arab countries in 2011. But during the Arab Spring people were not guided by political leadership, whereas recent demonstrations in Iraq have been promoted and led by one man in particular; Iraqi Shia leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr.

Al-Sadr was born in 1973 to a family of high-ranking Shia clerics. Both his father, Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, and his father-in-law, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, were important religious authorities who enjoyed large support among their co-religionists, a key factor in why there were tensions between them and the Baathist regime.

The latter was arrested and executed in 1980, while the former was assassinated in 1999 at the hands of regime agents. Muqtada al-Sadr, a junior and unknown cleric at the time, inherited his father’s legacy and popular support (primarily among working class Shia families in the South and the now ubiquitous Sadr City in Baghdad).

While he opposed the Baathist regime, his rise to prominence came with his resistance to the Anglo-American occupation after 2003, founding a militia known as the Mahdi Army, which was involved in the post-invasion insurgency, and accused of sectarian violence. Being able to count on both large popular support and a powerful military force, he soon became one of Iraq’s leading political and religious figures.

Sadr’s stance with regards to Iraqi politics has been rather ambiguous, leading some to describe him as “a hybrid of anti-establishment positions while being part of the establishment himself.” His involvement in the country’s public life has seen him make moves and take positions which are sometimes in contrast with the Shia ruling majority’s orientations. He is a steadfast opponent of sectarian politics, although some members of his bloc, the Sadrist Movement, have held, and continue to hold, positions in governments based on quota-sharing.

Sadr’s uncompromising stances may lead to political stalemate in a country that still needs to recapture the remaining areas under Daesh control.

A common thread since 2003 has been the opposition to foreign interference in Iraq, regardless whether it comes from the West (US, UK) or the East (Iran). His disenchantment as to the possibility of pursuing an alternative to sectarian politics was one of the reasons that led him to suddenly announce his withdrawal from political life in 2014, as one of his movement’s officials stated.
Since then, things have evolved in Iraq. The rise of Islamic State (Isis) in which sectarian politics undoubtedly played a role has posed a serious threat to the stability of the country, exacerbated by the political tensions of Maliki’s government at the time. Despite enormous difficulties (the constant threat of extremism, the recent fall of oil prices), his successor Haidar al-Abadi has managed to keep the country afloat as the Hashd al-Shaabi (PMU) and the Security Forces have regained territory from Daesh.

Abadi has been able to ease tensions with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), to take some anti-corruption measures, and to purge the army of inefficient officials. Some issues which have taken root in Iraq have not yet been entirely solved, such as poor public services, corruption, lack of transparency, and sectarianism.

These are the plagues that Sadr has vowed to fight against, on the base of a populist vision of national unity in which religiosity and patriotism are often conflated, as the slogan “Love for one’s country is part of the faith” suggests. The Shia leader supported Abadi’s pledge to carry out a government reshuffle, aimed at installing a technocratic cabinet, as well as to fight corruption, restore services, and implement public accountability.

People in Iraq are getting more and more frustrated at Abadi-led government’s inability to move forward in the reform process — which some elements in the ruling majority actually oppose, seeing it as a threat to their interests. As talks between political factions have not led to concrete results so far, Sadr has seen an opportunity to mobilise the Iraqi masses and push for more audacious measures.
After having a member of his own political bloc, Baha al-A’raji (PM deputy), arrested on corruption and embezzlement charges, he disavowed the corrupt officers in his movement and is currently going to investigate how they have caused corruption.

Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Reuters

Given Sadr’s huge influence both as a political and military leader — his military wing known as the Peace Brigades has participated in the liberation of the Leine area west of Samarra — his moves could turn out to be a destabilising factor, which is not the first time Sadrist intervention has disrupted the political process.

Looking at the causes that may have led Sadr to such a steadfast return to public life, it has been suggested that he hopes to prevent other Shia groups from asserting their influence in the country, on both a political and a military level. After a government reshuffle was proposed, factions have been in disagreement over how this is to be done: while one side prefers the ministries to be chosen by political parties, another side, led by Sadr, asserts that parties should not interfere.
Sadr has also threatened the current government with a vote of no-confidence if no agreement is reached within 45 days. It is also worth noting that Sadr does not oppose Abadi, but he thinks he should take the chance to promote reforms before it’s too late.

How is Sadr’s comeback to be evaluated? This week, the third demonstration led by the Shia leaexpected to be held, which threatens to storm the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital. There are mixed feelings in the Iraqi street regarding Sadr’s role. Some support his push for change, frustrated at Abadi government’s poor performance in terms of reforms.

Others, however, are afraid that if a breach in security occurs during the protests, it will undermine the rule of law and set a precedent that Sadr is taking the law into his own hands. This is why some of the Green Zone residents have allegedly left the area lest the situation gets out of control.
Despite being characterised by some clearly populist motifs, Sadr’s pledge to fight against corruption and for the sake of the most vulnerable classes of Iraqi society can function as an incentive for the large-scale reforms proposed by Abadi. At the same time, though, Sadr’s uncompromising stances may lead to political stalemate in a country that still needs to recapture the remaining areas under Daesh control.

His call for a more transparent and efficient administration, then, can be beneficial as long as his long-term vision does not hinder the current government’s activity, given the delicate stage the country is going through.

Stefano Freyr Castiglione is an Arab media analyst at Integrity UK

Catalyst for a new nuclear arms race in South Asia: Revelation 8

India’s Agni-V Test sparks it off

ByNazia Sheikh

India became the seventh nation after the US, UK, France, Russia, Pakistan, and China launched MIRV-armed ballistic missiles when it announced the first flight of an Agni-5 Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on March 11. With the ability to carry a nuclear warhead on each independent re-entry, ballistic missiles with MIRVs have a substantially increased potential for destruction. The spread of MIRV capability is a worrying trend in global nuclear arsenals that is already indicating the beginning of a nuclear arms race with increasingly destabilizing MIRV missiles, even though the Indian government may be delighted with its technological accomplishment. The Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a non-profit advocacy group located in Washington, states that Pakistan tested MIRV technology in 2017 and that the USA, the United Kingdom, France, China, and Russia are among the nations that now use the MIRV missiles.

The range of the Agni-5 ballistic missile is estimated to reach more than 5,000 km, and possibly even 7,000 km. To strengthen its sea-based deterrence, India will probably use MIRV technology in its K-5 and K-6 SLBMs on board the Arihant-class and the upcoming S5-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) of the Indian Navy, according to Tushar Mangure, a defense analyst at Global Data. India’s deterrence will undoubtedly be strengthened by the Agni-5 missiles, but they will spark a regional nuclear arms race and endanger the lives of almost three billion people.

In January 2017, Pakistan conducted a test flight of a medium-range ballistic missile, called Ababeel, equipped with MIRVs. Three to eight nuclear warheads with various payloads that strike other targets can be carried by it.

India’s MIRV missile test can lead to unrest both inside and outside of the region. The danger it poses to Pakistan and other nearby nations is therefore clearly apparent. India’s military capabilities are still being strengthened. Along with it, India’s claim to be a responsible nuclear state was ruined by a pattern of proliferation and reckless behavior that included incidents of nuclear theft, the diversion of nuclear material supplied for peaceful purposes for military use, the illegal procurement of nuclear materials, and the leakage of centrifuge know-how and also India asserted that on 9 March 2022, one of its BrahMos missiles accidentally landed in Pakistan. India deliberately did not speak with Pakistan in this incident. This move is dangerous and does not reflect the values of responsible nuclear power. The greater concern than the possibility of nuclear conflict is India’s reckless actions as a nuclear state in its quest for prestige. India still hasn’t proven to be a trustworthy US ally, even with backing and exemptions from the USA and the West.

In the light of India’s recent modernization of its nuclear forces and the implications for India’s shift from a counter-value to a counter-force strategy, Pakistan is looking into low-cost ways to maintain the dependability and durability of its nuclear forces while adhering strictly to its Full Spectrum Deterrence policy under the principle of Credible Minimum Deterrence. Ababeel’s MIRV technology can assist Pakistan in breaking into Indian BMD systems and, more importantly, increase the expense of a full first-strike capability.

Due to the missiles’ potential to carry nuclear warheads and be able to reach beyond Pakistan and China to target other parts of the world, India’s possession of nuclear-capable long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) is a major source of instability in the region and beyond. India’s military buildups threaten strategic stability in South Asia and raise the possibility of nuclear escalation outside the region, a threat that the USA and its allies must realize.

Along with this, it appears much more risky than our existing geostrategic environment to live in a world where almost all nuclear-armed nations have significant MIRV capacity. This is because MIRVs have the potential to be both attractive first-strike targets and highly devastating first-strike weapons due to their tremendous destructive capabilities. Widespread MIRV deployments would not only exacerbate the world’s nuclear arms race by strengthening plans for worst-case force postures, but they would also significantly weaken crisis stability by encouraging governments to rapidly deploy their nuclear weapons in an emergency.

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Due to their upgraded MIRV capabilities, India and Pakistan will have far larger nuclear arsenals. Each nation might add hundreds more warheads to their ballistic missile systems, which are already advanced. Thus, employing MIRVs would be consistent with a plan to hit several targets at once and run the risk of sparking a race for warheads between Pakistan and India. The credibility of Pakistan’s and India’s minimum deterrence doctrines would be placed into uncertainty if MIRVs were deployed.

In the light of India’s recent modernization of its nuclear forces and the implications for India’s shift from a counter-value to a counter-force strategy, Pakistan is looking into low-cost ways to maintain the dependability and durability of its nuclear forces while adhering strictly to its Full Spectrum Deterrence policy under the principle of Credible Minimum Deterrence. Ababeel’s MIRV technology can assist Pakistan in breaking into Indian BMD systems and, more importantly, increase the expense of a full first-strike capability.

6 months into the Israel-Hamas war, the tragic human toll by the numbers

How many people have been killed or injured in the Israel-Hamas warABC News

Israel declared war on Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, after a terrorist attack.

ByMary Kekatos

April 7, 2024, 3:04 A

Sunday marks six months since Hamas launched a surprise terrorist attack in southern Israel and Israel responded by declaring war against Hamas.

Israel launched a ground offensive in late October, tightening its restrictions on the movement of goods and people in and out of Gaza and ordered civilians in the north to evacuate to the south.

Over the past 182 days, as Israel pursued its goal of destroying Hamas, a serious humanitarian crisis has unfolded in Gaza, with shortages of food, clean water and medicine, as well as a collapse of the health care system.

Here is a look at the tragic human toll of the Israel-Hamas war, by the numbers.

Killed and injured

Since Hamas’ surprise terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the death toll on both sides of the conflict has been steadily rising.

In Israel, at least 1,700 people have been killed and 8,700 others injured, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The death toll includes more than 800 civilians, about 600 IDF soldiers and 61 police.

More than 33,000 people have been killed in Gaza and about 76,000 others injured, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. The majority of those killed have been women and children, according to Hamas.

What we know about the hostages

When Hamas terrorists raided Israel on Oct. 7, more than 240 hostages were kidnapped and taken into the Gaza Strip.

So far, 112 surviving hostages have been released. The largest hostage release came on Nov. 24 during a pause in fighting in which 105 people were released, including 81 Israelis or dual Israeli citizens, 23 Thai citizens and one citizen of the Philippines. The bodies of 12 deceased hostages have also been recovered.

Currently, there are an estimated 131 hostages remaining in Gaza, which includes 33 bodies of those no longer alive, according to Israeli officials. There are at least eight dual U.S. citizens being held hostage still and three dual citizens among the bodies, officials said.

What we know about the hostages in GazaABC News

Collapse of the health care system

Prior to the conflict, 36 hospitals were functioning in Gaza.

As of April 2, 26 hospitals have stopped functioning and the remaining 10 are partially functioning, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) office in the occupied Palestinian territory. The organization said there are currently no fully functioning hospitals.

“Left without vital health care, ultimately it’s civilians who will pay the price,” the WHO office wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We repeat: health must not be militarized or attacked.”

Status of hospitals in GazaABC News

Israel has claimed that Hamas uses hospitals to “conduct and promote” terrorist activity. Hamas has denied claims it is operating from within hospitals.

Struggle to get aid into Gaza

Since early March, an average of 140 trucks with food aid have entered Gaza every day, Israel’s Civil Department of the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said in a post on X on April 1. Northern Gaza gets an average of 10 food trucks entering per day.

In an attempt to meet the needs of Gazans, several countries, including the U.S., have airdropped food into the strip, with more than 166,000 meals since March 5.

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) previously said Israel doesn’t provide enough authorization to deliver sufficient aid and, even when it does give authorization, the fighting makes it difficult to deliver that aid. The group says it has not been allowed to distribute aid in northern Gaza since Israel made allegations that some of its members participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel.

UNRWA says it terminated the accused employees after the allegations were made public and an independent investigation by the U.N.’s Office of Internal Oversight is ongoing.

Israeli officials have said Hamas steals aid once it enters Gaza and claim looting is also a problem. Israel continues to deny all accusations that it isn’t letting enough aid into Gaza, and encourages other countries to send in aid, with Israeli officials saying the U.N., its partners and other aid agencies have created logistical challenges, resulting in a bottleneck. The U.N. disputes these claims.

How much aid Gazans are gettingABC News Photo Illustration

A March report from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative said famine is “imminent” in northern Gaza and may occur between mid-March and the end of May.

On the night of April 1, seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen were killed during an Israeli attack in central Gaza while traveling in a three-vehicle caravan, sparking outrage from the international community, including the U.S., and prompting increased pressure on Israel to protect aid workers and facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid.

On April 4, Israel approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into Gaza in the north and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel after the U.S. urged the country to increase the humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.

What to know about the Sixth Seal: Revelation 6

Haze settles over Midtown, July 27, 2023.  (Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY)

What To Know About NYC’s Biggest Earthquake In 140 Years

In New York’s aging buildings, problems may have been present long before the ground started shaking.

The CityPosted Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:41 am ET

By Rachel Holliday Smith and John Homenuk, The City

April 5, 2024, 12:04 p.m.

The skyline swayed a bit, but the subway just kept on rumbling.

Did you feel it, New York?

Here’s what we know about the biggest earthquake to hit the New York City area in 140 years:

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake at 4.8 magnitude, in a category of severity that is felt but causes only minor damage and happens more than half a million times across the earth every year.

No major damage, injuries or deaths were reported in New York City so far, according to fire officials and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The quake likely occurred five kilometers below the ground along the Ramapo Fault Line, which runs through northern New Jersey.

It was the biggest earthquake in the New York City area since the Earthquake of 1884, estimated at 5.0 magnitude and thought to have centered in Brooklyn.

New York’s airports and some Hudson River crossings were temporarily closed after the quake Friday.

Here’s immediate info to keep in mind:

What is the likelihood of aftershocks?

It’s in the realm of possibility, but not likely — and they almost certainly won’t be strong. The USGS says there is a 16% chance of aftershocks of about magnitude 4 in the next week, and a less than 1% chance of anything above magnitude 5.

An emergency alert from city officials warned that aftershocks were possible, but that New Yorkers “can continue usual activities.”

Mayor Eric Adams on Friday said “New Yorkers should go about their normal day.” Schools Chancellor David Banks said that school dismissal and after-school activities will continue as normal. There have been no impacts to the transit system, MTA officials said.

And don’t worry: There is very little chance of a tsunami in this level of quake.

How do I stay safe during and after a quake?

In the confusion of the moment, New Yorkers got some conflicting information Friday. Some city schools and workplaces emptied out of an abundance of caution, while an emergency alert — 30 minutes after the quake — suggested staying indoors.

The USGS says if you’re indoors, stay there. Then, move into a hallway or against an inside wall or get under a table or table and hold onto it. Move away from heavy, movable things like appliances as well as windows and fireplaces.

If you’re outdoors, get into the open away from buildings, chimneys or power lines.

How do I know if my building is damaged, and what do I do if it is?

Hochul on Friday said that if New Yorkers “hear strange sounds” in your home or building, you should leave because “you are safer outside.”

Checking your gas line in particular is important, or asking your management or super to check it if you don’t have access in your apartment building. If you smell gas, call 911 immediately.

Buildings Commissioner Jimmy Oddo on Friday said those who are responsible for building management should pay attention to new issues in buildings in the next few days, particularly changes to scaffolding, sidewalk sheds and retaining walls.

“If you see something that is problematic, please call 311,” he said. The Department of Buildings will have extra staff on call this weekend to handle new issues that may crop up.

And if you see cracked walls, loose bricks or slanting features, read THE CITY’s guide on what to do about reporting and handling hazardous conditions in your building. Some issues are more dangerous than others, and in New York’s aging buildings, problems may have been present long before the ground started shaking.