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Map of the main quake and aftershocks ( map data) On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 EDT (14:23 UTC ), a Mw 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 ...
Ramapo Fault. The Ramapo Fault zone is a system of faults between the northern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont areas to the east. [ 1] Spanning more than 185 miles (298 km) in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, it is perhaps the best known fault zone in the Mid-Atlantic region, and some small earthquakes have been known to occur in its ...
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.
So an earthquake that measures a magnitude of 5.0 would result in 10 times more ground shaking than one with a magnitude of 4.0. — and about 32 times as much energy would be released.
The April 5, 2024 earthquake was a once-in-a-lifetime event.. The magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Tewksbury was the most significant to impact North Jersey since 1884, when an Aug. 10 earthquake ...
The USGS has recorded at least 50 aftershocks since the 4.8-magnitude earthquake last Friday. The federal agency announced Thursday that it is installing five new seismometers a few miles from the ...
On April 5, 2024, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey struck the region; no injuries or damage were immediately reported. [20] This is the highest-magnitude earthquake in the region since 1884. An aftershock of magnitude 3.8 occurred that day close to Gladstone, New Jersey and was felt in Manhattan and ...
New Jersey has had several small earthquakes since the end of 2020, but they were all of a magnitude of less than 2.5, which barely registers, according to Michigan Tech University.