A magnitude 2.6 aftershock rocks New Jersey as residents say it sounded ‘like a truck drove by’
- NJ has been hit by more than 150 aftershocks since the April 5 earthquake
- A magnitude 2.6 aftershock rocked the Garden State on Wednesday morning
- More than 42 million people, from Philadelphia to New York, felt the first earthquake
A magnitude 2.6 aftershock rocked New Jersey on the first day of May after a dramatic earthquake shook parts of the East Coast in early April.
The Garden State has been rocked by more than 150 aftershocks since the first earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale that struck near Lebanon on the morning of April 5.
More than 42 million people, from New York to Connecticut and Philadelphia, felt the first quake, and New Jersey residents have been plagued by tremors ever since.
People in Bridgewater told the story News 12 New Jersey that the aftershock “sounded like a truck driving by” around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Others in nearby towns, including Mendham, Randolph and Gladstone, said they felt the shock. A local resident said their kitchen counter shook for about seven seconds.
A magnitude 2.6 aftershock rocked New Jersey on the first day of May after a dramatic earthquake shook parts of the East Coast in early April
The original earthquake was the largest to hit New York City since 1884. Governor Kathy Hochul said: “This is one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast in the last century.”
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other parts of the Northeast reported shaking.
Tremors lasting about 20 seconds were felt more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) away near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other parts of the Northeast reported shaking. Tremors lasting about 20 seconds were felt more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) away near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
In a video from New Jersey, a dog suddenly sits up seconds before the rooms shake violently and items fall over.
And Boonton Coffee shared a video of their store shaking before customers fled outside.
A barbershop camera captured the moment an earthquake shook the shop, a customer grabbed his infant son, lifted him into the air and carried him outside.
In downtown Manhattan, the usual cacophony of traffic grew louder as motorists honked their horns through the temporarily shaking streets.
In a video from New Jersey, a dog suddenly sits up seconds before the rooms shake violently and items fall over
Some Brooklyn residents heard a booming sound and their building shook. At an apartment complex in Manhattan’s East Village, a resident from more earthquake-prone California calmed nervous neighbors.
Experts had previously warned that NYC was already long overdue for an earthquake.
The city of 8.5 million is not an earthquake hotspot, but its five boroughs are riddled with fault lines that could collapse dozens of buildings.
NYC is typically hit by a significant earthquake every 100 years, and the last one was in 1884, meaning it’s long overdue for another one.
New Jersey also lies on a major fault line, the Ramapo Fault.