New Jersey is hit by strong aftershock hours after 4.8 earthquake…with souvenir t-shirts already hitting NYC stores as footage shows barber trembling salon with child

New Jersey has been hit by a strong aftershock, hours after the Garden State and New York City were hit by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake.

Residents in the tri-state area reported the quake around 6:00 PM ET on Friday. New York Vice Mayor Fabien Levy confirmed the shock to X.

He wrote, “We just felt what we assume to be a small aftershock in New York City after today’s earthquake.”

He said he was awaiting further confirmation on its size.

It came as New Yorkers were already selling shilling merchandise advertising Friday’s earthquake — in one of the fastest merchandise turnovers in recent memory.

A New Jersey hairdresser was caught on camera carrying a child to safety and picking him up right in his arms.

Featuring slogans boasting about surviving the 4.8 earthquake, the shirts currently sell for $10 each.

The earthquake shook the city at 10:32 a.m., causing chaos for unsuspecting residents for several seconds. A New Jersey hairdresser was caught on camera pulling a boy to safety mid-cut and picking him up in his arms. Other similar scenes made the rounds on social media.

The garments were already sold at sunset. Big Frog Custom T Shirts on Broadway was the one to take the plunge and set a precedent that would surely be followed in the days to come.

Shop owner Kerry Colley was seen supporting one of the T-shirts on his doorstep, causing a flurry of comments on social media.

Urban Style Barbershop Steven is the one featured in the now viral images. He is pictured here outside his shop in Bedminster, NJ

Cones seal fallen debris from the historic Taylor’s Mill in Lebanon, NJ, Friday. The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 at 10:23 a.m., centered near Whitehouse Station, 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philly.