The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that
By Philip Marcelo, APFILE – Light from the setting sun reflects off the buildings in the borough of Manhattan in New York, as seen from the Weehawken Pier in Weehawken, N.J., on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The ground rumbled Friday, April 5, 2024, beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center.
New York’s skyscrapers have been generally built to withstand winds and other impacts far greater than the earthquakes generally seen on the East Coast, said Elisabeth Malsch, a managing principal at Thornton Tomasetti, a New York engineering firm that’s done major work on the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building and the Brooklyn Bridge, among other major city landmarks.
“Taller buildings just are more flexible because they’re designed for the push and pull from the wind, which has a bigger effect on tall buildings than the push and pull of an earthquake does,” she explained. “So regardless of when it was designed, the wind continually tests them. It’s a double check that they’re strong enough and flexible enough to handle earthquakes.”
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