NEW YORK (PIX11) – A 4.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the New York City area Friday morning was felt by 42 million people in the Northeast and beyond, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The earthquake was centered near Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, according to the USGS. The shaking started at 10:23 a.m. and lasted for several seconds.
The earthquake was felt far and wide. It appears to have shaken areas as far south as the Washington, D.C. area and as far north as the New York-Canada border.
More than 120,000 responses poured into the USGS’s “Did You Feel It?” tool. Many of those were from reports in densely populated New York City, Boston and Philadelphia.
A woman in New York City described her experience when the earthquake happened.
“At first I felt the rumble, with like a slight boom,” the woman said. “First I thought it was part of the construction. The next thing I know, my boss came in and she was like, “Oh my God, did you feel that?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, what was that?’ And she was like, ‘I don’t know, but that was weird.’ Then we got the notification that it was an earthquake … We were both in shock.”
Another woman in New York City said she was sitting on her bed when the shaking started.
“The bed came up and down. I was sitting on the side of it and it bumped, it galloped a tiny bit,” the woman said.
No damage from the earthquake in New York City was immediately reported, but authorities are still assessing the impacts. City officials urged New Yorkers to report any new cracks in buildings following the earthquake.
Finn Hoogensen is a digital journalist who has covered local news for more than five years. He has been with PIX11 News since 2022. See more of his work here.
Alix Martichoux and Mira Wassef contributed to this report.
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