4.8 magnitude earthquake shakes New York City, New Jersey

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Northeast Friday morning, shaking buildings in several states, including New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

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[jtgd]

lol “why is there an earthquake here?”

We’re on earth?

[Strategic_Reformer]

Bear in mind the richter scale is Logarithmic: 3 is 10x stronger than 2, 4 is 100x stronger than 2. For the east coast, this is a significant quake, given many buildings are not designed to be quake resistant

[wqvln]

I live in Canada and was talking to my niece in Layfyette, NJ. when she felt the 4.0 aftershock. She also felt the first one which was stronger. My nephew in Warsaw, NY also felt the first quake.

[bigbirdyolo]

If this earthquake lasted more than 5 minutes our infrastructure would have collapsed like a house of cards.

[justarandomchannelonyt]

I was in class when everything suddenly started shaking. I thought it was construction. No one even said anything like it never happened

[dianecrawford]

I'm on Long Island and I felt both the earthquake and the aftershock. I remember the quake in 2011, too.

[euroschmau]

2:46 my first thought would have been a cargo ship hit the bridge, yikes!

[Faith-tomp]

It looks very strong for 4.8 magnitude.
Scray.

[laineywright]

ABC news did a good job on reporting this story.

[JohnDoe-cdro]

I also initially thought it was a truck driving by, but then I was like, "Wait. I'm on the 3rd floor of an office building, is this an earthquake? Is this what they feel like?"

[clouddragonz]

Wow I didn’t expect earthquake on the east coast. Taiwan then NJ, the earth is becoming active.

[gloriauuramirez]

Mathew 24:8-13 the beginning of sorrows 😢🙏✝️

[deangreen]

we had 5.8 earthquake here in melbourne australia nothing like this

[Edgar-uvm]

I have been saying it since I was a little kid we have to be prepared

[snakebite]

4.8 here on old rock underneath and only a half mile deep thats equal to a 7 out west

[nabiljaoudi]

On September 8, 2023, Morocco was hit by a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale. that was there people from 2 3d floor feel that most

[andrewengland]

I was driving when this happened. I thought to myself wow this road is rough. Lmao.

[NieceGenius]

"it was nuts" "why is the Earth shaking?!?!" 😱😱😱😂😂

[mikeoxlong]

Sorry guys. That was me working thru last nights taco bell.

[edithdlp]

I live in Los Angeles and we are more than use to earthquakes. For us it's only worth out time if it's above 6.0. Everything is relative, New Jersey is use to freezing temperatures, we are use earthquakes.