Sayville Residents Feel Earthquake Tremors

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Virginia at 1:51 p.m., according to reports, with tremors that were felt in Sayville. 

Kristyna Acerno said that she felt the quake on Sayville Boulevard.

Tony Chliek, on Norgate Drive, said he also felt the earthquake.

“I thought my vertigo was acting up again, but when I saw the water in my glass moving, I knew what it was,” he said.

Local residents also shared on Patch's Facebook page what they felt when the quake hit. Here's a sampling:

Louise Gallo Neil: I'm on the second floor in a co-op and was at the computer and it felt as though someone was behind my chair shaking it.....I'm going through radiation so I considered it like a reaction???? but knew better. Walked into my living room and everything was shaking. Glasses tinkling in the china closet, plants shaking like they were on the beach. Really creepy. Nothing feels like it.

Kristine Hanson: Were were at the top of the Montauk lighthouse and it was a little scary.

Linda A Mittiga: I was speaking on the phone with someone in Manhattan. A few seconds after she felt the earthquake there, I felt it here in Sayville.

County Executive Steve Levy was on the 12th floor of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge when the quake hit.

"We had just finished an emergency practice drill less than an hour beforehand," said Levy, noting that the building swayed. "One of the things that went through my mind was that someone bombed the building, and maybe this drill wasn't such a drill.

"But thankfully no one was injured, and this is what you train for," Levy added.

Levy said there have been no reports of injuries in the county due to the quake. 

Police are asking those who wish to report non-emergency incidents resulting from the earthquake, such as downed trees or wires to call the Suffolk County Police Department’s non-emergency line at 631-852-COPS or 911 in the event of an emergency.

You can see exactly where the earthquake struck in Virginia here.