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Rare East Coast Earthquake in New Jersey
A whole lot of shaking going on
Today the East Coast has experienced a 4.7 (4.8) earthquake north of Whitehouse Station in New Jersey at 10:20 a.m. This quake has been felt from Philadelphia to New York City. This is an ongoing story, but it appears there have not been injuries or significant damages at this time.
According to the US Geological Survey:
Earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., although less frequent than in the western U.S., are typically felt over a much broader region. East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 100 km (60 mi) from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source. A magnitude 5.5 eastern U.S. earthquake usually can be felt as far as 500 km (300 mi) from where it occurred, and sometimes causes damage as far away as 40 km (25 mi).
