- New Jersey has been rocked by more than 150 aftershocks since the April 5 earthquake.
- A 2.6 magnitude aftershock shook the Garden State Wednesday morning
- More than 42 million people from Philadelphia to New York felt the first earthquake
A magnitude 2.6 aftershock struck New Jersey on the first day of May after a dramatic earthquake shook parts of the East Coast in early April.
The Garden State has been shaken by more than 150 aftershocks since the initial magnitude 4.8 earthquake that centered near Lebanon on the morning of April 5.
More than 42 million people from New York to Connecticut to Philadelphia felt the first earthquake, and New Jersey residents have been plagued by tremors ever since.
The people of Bridgewater said News 12 New Jersey that the aftershock that occurred around 7 a.m. Wednesday “sounded like a truck passing by.”
Others in nearby towns, including Mendham, Randolph and Gladstone, said they felt the shaking. One local said his kitchen counter vibrated for about seven seconds.
A magnitude 2.6 aftershock struck New Jersey on the first day of May after a dramatic earthquake shook parts of the East Coast in early April.
The original earthquake was the largest to hit New York City since 1884. Governor Kathy Hochul said: “This is one of the largest earthquakes to occur on the East Coast in the last century.”
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast reported shaking.
The tremors that lasted about 20 seconds were felt more than 200 miles away, near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast reported shaking. The tremors that lasted about 20 seconds were felt more than 200 miles away, near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
In a video from New Jersey, a dog suddenly sits up, seconds before the rooms shake violently and his belongings fall.
And Boonton Coffee shared a video of its store shaking before customers fled outside.
A barbershop camera captured the moment an earthquake shook the shop, a customer grabbed his young son, lifted him into the air and carried him outside.
In midtown Manhattan, the usual cacophony of traffic grew louder as motorists honked their horns on momentarily shaking streets.
In a video from New Jersey, a dog suddenly sits up, seconds before the rooms shake violently and his belongings fall.
Some Brooklyn residents heard a thunderous sound and their building shook. In an apartment building in Manhattan’s East Village, a resident of California, an area more prone to earthquakes, calmed nervous neighbors.
Experts had previously warned that an earthquake in New York had been long expected.
The city of 8.5 million people is not a hotspot for tremors, but all five boroughs are plagued by faults that could topple dozens of buildings.
New York City typically experiences a major earthquake every 100 years, and the last one was in 1884, which means it was about time for another one.
New Jersey also sits on a major fault called the Ramapo Fault.