It is not known to be a hotspot for earthquakes.
But New Jersey has been shaken by more than 200 earthquakes in the past three months.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) detected a magnitude 2.2 tremor on Wednesday around 1:44 a.m. ET.
The aftershock struck about seven miles from the epicenter of the April quake, which was felt hundreds of miles away in major cities including New York and Baltimore, Maryland.
This is the 202nd earthquake since the massive 4.8-magnitude quake hit the state on April 5, shaking skyscrapers in New York City’s famous skyline.
New Jersey was hit by its 202nd magnitude 4.8 earthquake since the massive quake hit the state in April.
The hundreds of aftershocks are due to the readjustment of the rocks after the great earthquake in the spring.
“I felt another earthquake at 1:45am in New Jersey. I heard a tsunami-like explosion approaching the house, followed by shaking in my house for 30 seconds,” a New Jersey resident shared on X.
However, not all residents felt the tremor because it was so mild.
An assessment by Michigan Technological University showed that people typically do not feel earthquakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or less.
Those from 2.5 to 5.4 are often felt, but only cause minor damage.
Additionally, buildings and other structures can be damaged when a magnitude 5.5 to 6.0 earthquake occurs.
The USGS He noted that aftershocks typically become less frequent over time, “although they can continue for days, weeks, months or even years in the case of a very large mainshock.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the April 5 earthquake was “one of the largest to hit the East Coast in the past century.”
The last major earthquake to hit New Jersey was magnitude 5.3 and occurred in 1738.
Residents in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast reported tremors. Tremors lasting about 20 seconds were felt more than 200 miles away near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) detected a magnitude 2.2 earthquake on Wednesday around 1:44 a.m. ET in California.
The aftershock struck about seven miles from the epicenter of the April quake, which was felt hundreds of miles away in major cities including New York and Baltimore, Maryland.
Social media users have shared posts about the quake, which was also felt in New Jersey, Virginia and Philadelphia.
In a video from a New Jersey home, a dog suddenly sits up, seconds before the room shakes violently and belongings fall out.
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.
As of April 15, at least 15 aftershocks have been detected in the state.
The “epicenter” in Tewksbury lies on the Ramapo Fault, the longest rift system in the Northeast, which formed 400 million years ago, much older than California’s 28-million-year-old San Andreas system.
A fault is a place where there is a long break in the rock that forms the earth’s surface and where earthquakes are most likely to occur.
In an April 5 video from a New Jersey home, a dog suddenly sits up, seconds before the room shakes violently and belongings fall out.
The system stretches from upstate New York through New Jersey and into Pennsylvania, and experts have long believed it has the potential to produce a major seismic event.
Kenneth Miller, a professor at Rutgers University, told DailyMail.com in a previous interview that the Ramapo fault was created when the continents began to move together hundreds of millions of years ago.
“(The system) was reactivated 200 million years ago, causing about four kilometers of movement,” he explained.
‘Then it stopped about 198 million years ago, when the Atlantic Ocean formed.
The fault continued to be active, but has since slowed to minor movements.
“A magnitude 6 to 7 earthquake is possible (in New Jersey), but it seems very unlikely,” Miller said, explaining that the Ramapo fault doesn’t trigger anything above magnitude 3 on average.
