Just like this week, New York was hit 67 years ago with a minor earthquake followed days later by a major storm (cover, pictured).
The Sept. 4, 1944, rumbler, magnitude 5.8, was centered between upstate Massena and Ontario, Canada — about the same distance from Manhattan as Tuesday’s 5.8 temblor in Virginia.
The upstate quake caused little damage, toppling some chimneys and cracking a few walls, but was felt as far south as Maryland.
COMPLETE HURRICANE IRENE COVERAGE
NYC OEM: HURRICANE EVACUATION ZONE FINDER
Ten days later, a hurricane with 99-mph winds — 14 mph more than is forecast for Irene — barreled into the city. That record stood until Oct. 15, 1954, when Hurricane Hazel walloped the Battery at 113 mph.
The ’44 storm killed six people in the city and destroyed 117 homes and 272 other buildings, but it was far deadlier at sea, where most of its 390 victims were Navy men on wartime patrol.
Hurricanes were not named before 1950.