[ad_1] New Yorkers have felt tremors before. In January, a 1.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Astoria, Queens, early in the morning, jolting awake residents who rushed outside and waited anxiously for firefighters to arrive. Last April, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake rocked the town of Adams Center, N.Y., and a month later, a 2.2 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of New York and New Jersey. In 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia led to the evacuation of City Hall and Midtown office buildings in Manhattan. But while the area actually…