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On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 EDT (14:23 UTC), a M w 4.8 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township.While it was felt across the New York metropolitan area, Delaware Valley, the Washington D.C metropolitan area, and other parts of the northeastern United States between Virginia and Maine, it had a relatively minor impact, with no major damage ...
A 4.0 magnitude aftershock hit 37 miles west New York City in New Jersey around 6 p.m. Friday. According to the United States Geological Survey it was felt as far away as Long Island, where there ...
The USGS recorded 28 aftershocks following Friday’s rare earthquake, with the largest aftershock – clocking in at a 3.8 magnitude – striking Gladstone, New Jersey, 20 minutes from the ...
Then an aftershock hit — a magnitude 4, according to the U. S. Geological Service. “It was terrifying,” Kolawole recalled. “It felt like a landslide.”
A rare magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled New Jersey on Friday, shaking buildings in Manhattan and sending tremors across the Northeast United States, a region unfamiliar with much seismic activity.
On November 29, 1783, at 10:50 p.m. ( UTC−5 ), a M fa 5.3 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] It was the state's first recorded seismic event. [4] It is estimated that the quake was the largest and strongest that the state has ever recorded. [4] The earthquake caused intensity VII damage on the Mercalli intensity scale.
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were about 140 km (87 mi) northwest of the 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake and were caused by a similar subduction zone. [2] About 2 km (1.2 mi) beneath the seafloor, low-frequency earthquakes , occur near the shallow subduction interface.
According to the USGS, here are the aftershocks from the 4.8 earthquake, as of 2:50 p.m. Magnitude 2.2, 4 km ENE of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, 1:32:13 p.m. Magnitude 2.0, 4 km NNE of Chester ...