Today earthquake: The 3 -size earthquake on the Richter scale hit 2 August in New York, New York, said the European Mediterranean Seismology Center (EMSC).
According to an American geological survey, in the suburbs of New Jersey in Hasbroucko Heights were felt tremor at the local time of 22:18. The USGS states in the X post: “Remarkable earthquake, preliminary information: M 3.0 – 0 km not Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.”
The official account of the Empire State building in the X post said, “I’m fine.”
Especially Hasbrouck Heights boasts populations of more than 12,000. Soon after seismic activity, “New Jersey earthquake” began to tremble on social media.
The reaction of social media
The user wrote: “The earthquake just hoarse my house in Bergen County nj.”
Another user noted: “Nothing the main, felt like a small massage on the feet.”
The third user said: “I’m just a few kilometers from the epicenter and heard a combination of grinding/humming in seconds. When the M4 occurred in Morris County, there was no sound. Just curious if someone else heard sound.
The fourth comment read: “I think I woke up briefly to 3.0 earthquakes and returned in California to sleep.”
As far as USGS is concerned, a slightly damaging earthquake strikes New York – Philadelphia – Wilmington Urban Corridor for about twice a century, and smaller earthquakes feel about every 2-3 years.
USGS stressed that the earthquake everywhere occurs on the mistakes inside the subsoil: “New York City, Philadelphia and Wilmington are far from the closest plates that are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
The last seismic activity was much milder than the 4.8 -size earthquake that hit the New Jersey’s Tewksbury and occurred in 2024, the AP reported
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