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2024 New Jersey earthquake. / 40.689; -74.754. On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 EDT (14:23 UTC ), a Mw 4.8 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township. While it was felt across the New York metropolitan area, Delaware Valley, the Washington D.C metropolitan area, and other parts of the northeastern ...
New Jersey has had several small earthquakes since the end of 2020, but they were all of a magnitude of less than 2.5, which barely registers, according to Michigan Tech University.
New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is the science behind the cause and the Ramapo Fault.
NJ earthquake shook local geologists into action, sending them to precarious places. Gannett. James M. O'Neill, NorthJersey.com. April 19, 2024 at 1:30 AM.
On November 29, 1783, at 10:50 p.m. ( UTC−5 ), a M fa 5.3 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] It was the state's first recorded seismic event. [4] It is estimated that the quake was the largest and strongest that the state has ever recorded. [4] The earthquake caused intensity VII damage on the Mercalli intensity scale.
6.4 M w. 2. 2022 Ferndale earthquake [35] April 5, 2024. New Jersey. 4.8 M w. 0. 2024 New Jersey earthquake [36] Two-percent probability of exceedance in 50 years map of peak ground acceleration from the United States Geological Survey, released July 17, 2014.
The magnitude-4.8 earthquake was the strongest in New Jersey in over 200 years. The United States Geological Survey said in a news conference that more earthquakes are possible, with statistical ...
This seesaw of ground movement between the Mid-Atlantic and New England is another potential reason for the recent New Jersey earthquake. That seesaw is also leading to a little extra rise and sea ...