An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move.
The agency reported a quake at 10:23 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, or about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia. U.S.G.S. figures indicated that the quake might have been felt by more than 42 million people.
New York City’s emergency notification system said in a social media post more than 30 minutes after the quake that it had no reports of damage or injuries in the city. Mayor Eric Adams had been briefed on the quake, his spokesperson Fabien Levy said, adding, “While we do not have any reports of major impacts at this time, we’re still assessing the impact.”
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast reported shaking. Tremors lasting for several seconds were felt over 200 miles away near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul posted on X that the quake was felt throughout the state. “My team is assessing impacts and any damage that may have occurred, and we will update the public throughout the day,” Hochul said.
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport are all on a ground stop while runways are inspected for damage.
(AP)
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I fet it!
Oseh maaseh breshis!
I fetcit!
Oseh maaseh breshis
Most definitely felt it & immediately realized it’s an earthquake
A relative thought that it was the washing machine acting up!
Centered near Lebanon, New Jersey.
North of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
Lebanon?
White House?
Is the proxy of Iran a major concern after what just happened?
Is there a message from on high to get boots on the ground?
On the NY Post there’s a vid. of the earthquake being felt during when the UN was discussing the Gaza humanitarian situation. Hmm…that’s interesting.
Happy: correction. “Shekocho ugevuruso malay oilam” Berachos perek tes. And daf 59a
my husband thought its me yelling again.
Wheh! I thought a yogurt exploded in the fridge!
How connected is this earthquake with the upcoming eclipse?
Are they blaming it on Trump, Social Media or Global Warming??????
UPDATE: Chaverim receives hundreds of calls regarding vehicles shaking at around 10:26
המביט לארץ ותרעד
That says it all
Given that a clearly known and predictable solar eclipse on Monday (erev rosh chodesh) is characterized by some as a siman rah (Masechet Sukkah, 29 a) is an earthquake on evev Shabbos a siman tov???
There was an after shock moments before 6pm, which I MOST DEFINITELY felt right away
Has the UK ever had such an occurence (I don’t remember one but am interested if to know if there has been….)?
The magnitude was 5.6 according to the Chazon Ish.
pure yiddishkeit, A February 2008 earthquake, measuring 5.2 and based in Lincolnshire, was felt in much of the British Isles, but also in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
@ywnjudy
Definitely. As per the gemara in Brachos 59a
Earth quake occurs:
בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא זוֹכֵר אֶת בָּנָיו שֶׁשְּׁרוּיִים בְּצַעַר בֵּין אוּמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם מוֹרִיד שְׁתֵּי דְמָעוֹת לַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל, וְקוֹלוֹ נִשְׁמָע מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ, וְהַיְינוּ גּוּהָא.
An earthquake occurred because when the Holy One, Blessed be He, remembers His children who are suffering among the nations of the world, He sheds two tears into the great sea. The sound of their reverberation is heard from one end of the earth to the other. And that is an earthquake.
@yitz711,
interesting, I didn’t know that the UK is on top of tectonic plates… or are they?