Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake In New Jersey Shakes New York Metro Area

An earthquake shook things up successful nan New York metro area Saturday night.

A quake pinch a preliminary magnitude of 3.0 deed Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, astatine 10:18 p.m., according to nan United States Geological Survey, aliases USGS.

There person not been reports of injuries aliases of structural damage, said Jonathan Tytell, a geophysicist astatine nan USGS.

The earthquake has a preliminary extent of 10 kilometers, which is shallow comparative to others that person happened connected Earth, he said.

No awesome impacts were reported soon aft nan quake, NYC Emergency Management said. The agency reported that tremors whitethorn person been felt successful parts of nan city.

New Yorkers should beryllium prepared for aftershocks that could hap minutes, hours aliases moreover days aft nan first event, a station connected nan agency's X relationship said. The station besides recommended that those who felt shaking cheque for hazards for illustration items that moved, falling debris aliases cracks.

The Empire State building made judge to fto New Yorkers cognize it survived nan shake, posting connected X: "I AM FINE."

Tytell said nan earthquake was "substantially little life threatening" than nan 8.8 magnitude earthquake successful Russia that prompted tsunami warnings successful nan U.S.

Those successful nan area of Saturday's quake tin expect 1.0 magnitude aftershocks, Tytell said, but whether this was a precursor to thing larger is unlikely.

He besides said he did not deliberation this was an aftershock to nan 4.8-magnitude earthquake successful nan area that took spot successful April 2024.