A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the New Jersey-New York area this morning at about 10:23 am, according to the
The earthquake’s epicenter was near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. People in Manhattan, Philadelphia and Boston.
No injuries or damages have been reported.
The governors in the affected states said they are assessing the situation.
In January, USGS reported on a 1.7 earthquake near Astoria, Queens.
In February, a USGS report said that nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking. A new model showed the possibility of more damaging earthquakes along the central and northeastern Atlantic Coastal corridor, including Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
The same report noted that 37 states have experienced earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5 during the last 200 years.
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