The earthquake occurred “at 14:23 GMT (10:23 local time) at 7 kilometers northeast of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey“, the state New York borderacross the Hudson River.
The telluric movement produced at a depth of 5 kilometersaccording to the USGS.
No significant damage or injuries were immediately reported. “We have no information at this time regarding significant damage (but) we continue to evaluate the situation,” he wrote in X Fabien Levyspokesman for New York Mayor Eric Adams.
“I’M WELL”, the account of the emblematic also assured in X Empire State Building.
The slight tremor was felt in many neighborhoods in the districts of Manhattan y Brooklyncausing an avalanche of messages on social media platforms.
At the headquarters of the United Nationsthe cameras that filmed the meeting of the Security Council regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza began to tremble.
The representative of the NGO Save the Children, Janti Soeripto, interrupted a speech in which he talked regarding famine and deaths. “Is it an earthquake?” she asked.
The reaction of people when they experienced the seismic movement has been shared on social networks.
Earthquake in New York 🗽
🇺🇸 A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York City, it was felt from Philadelphia to Boston.
📍 The epicenter was in New Jersey, which triggered infrastructure reviews and suspended some essential services. So far not… pic.twitter.com/ah7hRIoUXK
— Unicanal (@Unicanal) April 5, 2024
🔴URGENT. The earthquake that shook New York was felt during the UN Security Council meeting on #Gaza
“You are making the ground shake,” the Palestinian ambassador told the director of Save The Children who was intervening at that moment.#earthquake pic.twitter.com/RgFUN9x38d
—UN News (@NoticiasONU) April 5, 2024
New York City just felt the impacts of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter of Lebanon, New Jersey. @NYCMayor is being briefed. While we do not have any reports of major impacts at this time, we’re still assessing the impact.
— Fabien Levy (@Fabien_Levy) April 5, 2024
#Tremor #magnitude #recorded #Jersey #felt #York
