Earthquake rattles central New Jersey, 45 miles west of NYC
A magnitude-2.9 earthquake rattled areas surrounding northern Somerset County, N.J., on Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The small earthquake was recorded at 8:49 a.m. near Peapack-Gladstone, a borough in the Somerset Hills region, located approximately 45 miles west of New York City, officials said.
An earthquake rattled Central New Jersey Saturday morning. (earthquake.usgs.gov)About 700 residents in the area contacted the U.S. Geological Survey to report they felt “weak” to “light” shaking across 94 zip codes, though no damage was reported.
One person on X described the earthquake as “loud.”
About 12:30 p.m., the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management said in a statement there were no reports of “damage to structures, roadways or infrastructure.”
It was not immediately clear if the quake was an aftershock from the magnitude-4.8 earthquake that shook the tristate area earlier this month.
U.S. Geological Survey officials said approximately 42 million people in the area felt the earth shake for several seconds just before 10:30 a.m. on April 5 — an unfamiliar sensation for New Yorkers, described by Gov. Hochul as “a very unsettling day, to say the least.”
Dozens of aftershocks were felt in the days following the earthquake, the third-worst to hit the region in 240 years.
