- The aftershock was reported around 6 pm ET on Friday night.
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New Jersey has been hit by a strong aftershock, hours after the Garden State and New York City were rocked by a 4.8 earthquake.
Residents in the tri-state area reported the shaking around 6 p.m. ET on Friday. New York Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy confirmed the commotion in X.
He wrote: “We just felt what we assume is a small aftershock in New York City of today’s earthquake.”
He said he was waiting for more confirmation about its magnitude.
It came as New Yorkers are already selling shillings on merchandise advertising Friday’s earthquake, in one of the fastest merchandise shifts in recent history.
An earthquake souvenir T-shirt is on sale in New York on Friday, hours after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake.
A New Jersey barber was caught on camera carrying a child to safety and picking him up in his arms mid-cut.
With slogans boasting about surviving the 4.8 earthquake, the T-shirts currently sell for $10 each.
The earthquake shook the city at 10:32 am, causing chaos for unsuspecting residents for several seconds. A New Jersey barber was captured on camera carrying a child to safety mid-cut and lifting him into his arms. Other similar scenes circulated on social networks.
Meanwhile, the clothes were already selling at dusk. Big Frog Custom T Shirts on Broadway was the one who made the leap, setting a precedent that will surely be followed in the days to come.
Shop owner Kerry Colley was seen propping up one of the tees just outside, sparking a stream of comments on social media.
Urban Style Barbershop Steven is the one seen in the now viral images. He is pictured outside his store in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Cones cordon off the fallen rubble of the historic Taylor’s Mill in Lebanon, New Jersey, on Friday. The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake at 10:23 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, with the epicenter near Whitehouse Station, 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia.
