LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Something you don't see, or feel everyday- an earthquake in Luzerne County.
For some people their day was as normal as any other,
A student from Wilkes University said it wasn't until she got to class in the morning that she heard the shaking news, when her professor said she felt the earthquake right on campus.
"She said that she saw her water bottle shaking, she saw the water moving and she felt through her window like a shake and she ran down the hallway and told another professor and she thought she said that she was having a psychotic break, but really it was actually an earthquake. " said Wilkes senior Mariah Kumor.
Another student on the campus in Wilkes-Barre had no idea about the rare seismic event for our area, until Newswatch 16 spoke with them.
"It's definitely crazy, I've never, especially because you said people felt it here. I've never felt an earthquake never been near an earthquake nothing. I kind of wish I felt it." said Kayla Steinbacher, a Wilkes freshman.
It's a mixed bag for those who felt the earthquake in Luzerne County and those who did not. Through our travels we found someone who did at the Nova Trampoline Park.
"So, I was in the car at Price Chopper in Edwardsville, and I felt the car rock back and forth, so at first I actually thought it was my boyfriend like shaking the car being funny and I looked around and nothing was there." said Rosa Meininger.
Meininger felt the quake before she got to work at the trampoline park in Wyoming.
Geologist and geophysicist at Wilkes University, Bobby Karimi knows exactly why Meininger felt the earthquake while others nearby didn't feel it all.
"Partially depends on what type of a structure you're in. Whether you're indoor or outdoors um taller structures you might be able to experience it a little bit better, and here in the valley we're sitting on a lot of sediment that tends to dampen that seismic signal so it's not going to feel as pronounced as perhaps if we were sitting on granite or on top of bedrock directly." said Karimi.
Professor Karimi says it is still possible you may feel some aftershocks in the next few days. So that next shake you feel, may not be the wind.