Bill Chameides

Dean, Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment

We just had an East Coast quake of 5.8 and these plants are designed to withstand quakes of a mere few tenths magnitude larger. Is that a safe margin?

Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW

Psychotherapist; Author, 'Overcoming Your Parents’ Divorce: 5 Steps to a Happy Relationship'

As the various parallels between yesterday's earthquake and 9/11 hit me, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for how kind people are to one another in a crisis.

Pablo Andreu

Writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, Star-Ledger, and Washington Examiner

An earthquake that measured 5.9 on the Richter scale devastated the Eastern Seaboard this afternoon, toppling lawn chairs and causing loose change to jingle on hard surfaces.