4.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Northeast

A preliminary 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Northeast Friday morning, shaking buildings from Philadelphia to New Jersey to New York City to Connecticut to Westchester, New York.
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[@aidynathome9927]

I thought my dog was scratching himself and shaking my couch. I was so confused when I looked over and he was asleep 😂

[@brad144k]

😂😂😂

[@user-mf9kw1yi5p]

Your dog thought it was you scratching yourself too

[@dougfredricks2017]

L🐶L

[@danielden805]

Strongest earthquake in 280 years to hit nyc

[@CQ-369]

We felt it in Boston too.

[@raulestevez7307]

I just felt a little shaking an hour ago

[@raulestevez7307]

@b-low-tf1sjI just felt a little shaking 50 minutes ago

[@MJMJ11]

I heard that there is going to be worse.

[@ProfessorFickle]

@@MJMJ11: lol 😂 In another 200 years … probably .

[@Jerseyboondocks]

I am from New Jersey and I was standing in the kitchen when it happened all of a sudden, the chandelier in our dining room started shaking and our cat freaked out a little for a few minutes. A huge rumble felt underneath me. A few cracks on the outside of the house on the foundation are noticeable that were not there before.

[@dontbother.9293]

Is the cat ok? 😅

[@askew9976]

Hope you have earthquake insurance. 😮

[@suesaosa5526]

OMG!😮😳

[@BroAnarchy]

Here in Cali, a 4.8 would barely wake you up Haha

[@PuffySofty]

@@BroAnarchyyeah but a light shower and people lose their minds 🙃

[@DJofNazerath3]

I'm in Trenton and it shook my whole house. I've never felt my heart race that fast before!

[@skybeee]

same

[@elliottmarcel1506]

im in trenton and i didnt feel it all, when i heard the news i was so suprised, like when did this happen> Maybe i was studying or walking outside, but I didnt notie anything. Weird . I feel like im missing out

[@colechapman6976]

I thought the benefits of living on the east coast was no tornadoes or earthquakes. If that's not true anymore than what the hell are we doing here?

[@nuckels188]

"Whoops, wrong coast. Sorry, won't happen again." - god

[@user-ey7fi5to5g]

Broadway?

[@MusicChanneI1738]

You say this like there wasn’t an earthquake that happened in 2011💀

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

No, indeed NYC has had quakes. One of the largest in US history hit Charleston SC, and also a huge one in New Madrid MO. They are much less frequent but they do occur. Yikes, I know.

[@zekemedia1310]

Earthquakes happen in the northeast, just not as strong as on the west coast. The Adirondacks have earthquakes a couple of times a year. Blue mountain lake in the Adirondacks had one over a magnitude 5, 20 to 30 years ago. Most are usually magnitude 2 to 3.

[@user-ql4dg4bg9h]

ABC news can’t even spell magnitude right 0:07 😂😂😂

[@sebastianjoseph2828]

"magintude"

[@michealian2607]

He was typing it during the quake got shook up lol

[@user-in5kh1en1k]

Quick typing - breaking news

[@Former_Pastor]

It's their college education showing again 😂

[@kingbusta3923]

FED SPOTTED OPINION REJECTED🤓❌❌❌❌❌❌🤯🤯

[@Rosy2026]

Everyone keeps talking about NYC, how are the people of New jersey? they were at the center of it.

[@bdan19921]

They're a little shaken but they're ok

[@iamjustjudy]

I'm in PA near philly- felt it and heard it. It sounded like a train! Crazy

[@lovesgucci1]

I’m in Philly and this one felt stronger than the one in 2011.

[@lovesgucci1]

@FanDuel-nfl It’s a big state, It snowed in western PA but I guess that’s fake news too? Bot

[@lovesgucci1]

@FanDuel-nfl The earthquake was around 10:30am. It was pretty strong, felt stronger than the one in 2011.

[@lovesgucci1]

@FanDuel-nfl Go look up local Philly news clips regarding the earthquake

[@lovesgucci1]

@FanDuel-nfl Sound sleeper! Haha

[@mattfoley6082]

My couch felt like a vibrating bed.

[@jfour2zero]

Exactly I was sitting in my couch and all of the sudden I just felt this weird slight shaking vibration felt like it lasted forever.

[@mattfoley6082]

@@jfour2zero I'm in Philly western suburbs. I was on the couch on 2nd floor of my house. At first I thought it was a construction crew or helicopter causing the vibration but it was too intense for that.

[@Perfect10wChocolateskin]

yess i got up immediately like what is going on ready to take flight im on the 16th floor

[@vwd3437]

Those Vegas beds 😂

[@jfour2zero]

@@mattfoley6082 I’m In the northeast of Philly suburbs and it started off slow and then just built into this shaking I thought it was the end 😂

[@lunarose215]

I'm in Pennsylvania and I felt the building shake

[@faridaalieva2241]

Me too 😮

[@chrysalism7375]

my house was shaking like crazy 😭 it was so weird bc we don’t get earthquakes in philly like ever

[@lovesgucci1]

@@chrysalism7375 We had one in 2011

[@chrysalism7375]

@@lovesgucci1 yeah i remember that but that was quite a while ago

[@lovesgucci1]

@@chrysalism7375 Go look up some news clips from August 2011, it feels like this earthquake got more attention though, but both were pretty strong for the East coast. I think there was another one in 2017 but I didn’t feel that one.

[@jenna127]

I'm sure people who live in areas with more earthquakes wouldn't be too fazed by this since it wasn't of a particularly high magnitude but I was STUNNED. Legit thought a railroad had magically appeared next to my house cuz that seemed more likely than having an earthquake around here lol. Have lived in NY all my life and never experienced an earthquake.

[@ralphpolo8612]

I'm in Brooklyn it shook my building 😮

[@danno5805]

Better leave NYC because that was probably a taste of what's to come...

[@TimaWeynne]

@@danno5805 go where ? alabama

[@julianzuniga8905]

@@TimaWeynne at least you wont deal with homeless junkies

[@minoxidilbeardandhairprodu4598]

God said stop complaining about the migrants 🔥

[@dominikinfante9002]

i'm in philly and i was washing hands and i was like why is everything shaking?

[@barbarawaldorf330]

It was felt in Newark, Delaware.

[@sherylsimmons8111]

Newark, New Jersey, too! 😮

[@jaytaylor2312]

4.8 is a baby We don’t even notice those in Cali

[@XCBen]

Just like when we get 10 inches of snow. It's a lot for us, but a baby for ya'll.

[@shorelinefishing9213]

Yeah like lightning in Florida I laugh when in cali how everyone jumped and ran during a storm.

[@Dr0n3N00b]

Its different because our buildings are not designed for any earthquakes. So even those baby quakes we feel.

[@scillyautomatic]

They certainly do notice them in NJ and NY.

[@richierich3194]

Five pointers barely enough to get me out of bed in California

[@pookybear2155]

The Harlem shake😂

[@edit7531]

☠️

[@Jojosiwo]

Ce mamo

[@setoffx3598]

corny asf

[@setoffx3598]

corny

[@Pearloryx]

As a South-East Asian NY resident who experienced earthquakes on my home country, this event surely gave PTSD especially in the area without fault lines

[@rachelismean]

I was in bed smoking and I felt it 😂 I convinced myself I was just high lmao

[@xavierlong2657]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jerseyboondocks]

😂

[@odynith9356]

Smoking in bed gross

[@minoxidilbeardandhairprodu4598]

💀

[@melanatedgod5337]

​@@odynith9356it ain't your bed lol.

[@ThotWaffle]

I'm in Boston, MA. Had my feet up on my desk, in my computer chair. I felt a small rumbling and thought I was crazy because it was so small but distinct. Just saw this video and it makes sense.

[@hellomadam8021]

Me too! You know how we have what felt like a hurricane and past 2 days, I thought I was just the wind at first... never envisioned an earthquake!!

[@TheRealBelisariusCawl]

Felt it in Brockton MA. I thought my hangover just kicked into overdrive. Bizarre, surreal event

[@hellomadam8021]

I was shook! I'm here in Eastie and felt it too!!

[@jessicagalan471]

Here in Hartford, CT--my school building shook for a good 20 seconds.

[@Animal_loving_msm_player]

This was the first earthquake that I have ever experienced! I'm grateful that it wasn't fatal!

[@minal4044]

It was in CT too Bro I was so scared even though it was like 30 seconds

[@minal4044]

@FanDuel-nfl wdym?

[@hankterreros223]

April 4 2010 we had a 7.2 earthquake here in the Mexicali, Baja Mexico/Imperial Valley, Californis area. Now that was a earthquake. Seemed like it lasted for a minute. On the Mexico side salt water came out of the crack in the ground. On the California side the new fault moved the ground 15 plus feet. I was about to use the comode. The water shot up about three feet. I ran out to join the rest of the family in the middle of our homes buttoning my pants. Some damage to the older home. Nobody was hurt . Except when my wife noticed our 6 year old grand-daughter was still inside the newer home, she ran and pushed opened the front door, as the 6 year old was trying to exit. Instead she got knocked out, but recovered quickly.

[@WeylandLabs]

I'm pretty sure East Coast buildings don't have earthquake insurance 😂

[@petercorzo3407]

Hands to hands in circles all over New York and New Jersey to show healing for us all. Bad morning but all thumbs up from god clearing skies. In one word. Amen.

[@gp556by45]

I felt it in Worcester Massachusetts

[@MonicElle]

Hope everyone is OK, best wishes from Norway

[@Yourlocala10thunderboltll]

4.8 is weak as hell. I was in school at William Penn Middle School and all it did was shake the building a bit

[@user-rz1yv7xd1x]

yea same@@Yourlocala10thunderboltll

[@unknown2723]

@@Yourlocala10thunderboltll yes too much weak , I need huge one so I can dance and blame floor , jump higher . U know holidays , less people ,less housing price u know too much benefits

[@DaughterOfTheKingdom16]

I slept right through this one 🙃…but I remember the one in 2010!

[@joshuabrown3525]

Looks like the Ramapo Fault just went off. It's not an extremely active fault line by any means, but earthquakes do happen. They are small in nature, and most of the time you don't even feel them. This is one of those rare occasions, and the last time it happened as far as I know of this kind of magnitude was in the 1930s.

[@yankees29]

1979 we had a decent one. I was 3 years old. I remember it.

[@joshuabrown3525]

@@yankees29True, I forgot about that one.

[@HellkittyMeow]

I live a couple blocks away from the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. The quake had the pipes rattling in the walls of my house.

[@hellomadam8021]

Felt it here in Boston...

[@prettypp4707]

Im in Albany,NY felt whole house shake

[@thisgirltrippin8574]

Felt this in Montgomery county Pa, thought it was a big truck shaking the house until my boyfriend who was on the phone with someone from Nj said they just felt an earthquake at the exact same time it was pretty bizarre! Insane it could reach so far

[@CR1T1KaL714]

Felt in Croton-on-Hudson New York… My friend up in Poughkeepsie also felt it which is about 34 miles north of Croton

[@HerbGrowingLegal716]

Felt it in seaside heights

[@Harry0357]

From NJ, Hudson County. I was in bed & felt my bed was shaking, then heard objects in my room rattle. I assumed it was an earthquake but honestly didn't get up from bed because i haven't experienced one until today. It is also not common to occur. 4.8 is a small but felt one but could have caused small damages. Hope everyone is okay.

[@mariammajacob2644]

Earthquake shaken me and my house also.I felt that.North east philadelphia

[@lobinhouiui9523]

lmao imagine me an amazon worker, the whole warehouse was shaking like crazy

[@RayRay-kw8xv]

Felt Earthquake in Delaware. 2011 Quake was worse but not much either

[@yayarea2415]

I felt this all the way in California, whoops never mind that was just one of our regulars.

[@grizzygrey6245]

Felt in Bayonne, NJ

[@grizzygrey6245]

@FanDuel-nfl what?

[@grizzygrey6245]

@FanDuel-nfl My whole entire house was shaking dude! Maybe you didn’t notice the shaking, it only lasted 3-5 seconds.

[@grizzygrey6245]

@FanDuel-nfl Yea that’s probably why.

[@Bopinionated]

South Philly felt it - all over my Facebook people are talking about it

[@lestersabados1306]

Danvers ma here/ I felt it all the way up here 18 miles away from Boston.

[@liberatedwoman]

I live in Kansas; I have earthquake insurance.

[@superms6973]

Linden NJ feels a pretty strong shake!

[@dholfactory5878]

I hope everyone is ok prayers

[@TheSnapback]

From NJ, not too intense just a little rumble. Woke up right before the earthquake, didn't process what it was until after it happened

[@Its_Shy_Gal]

It's just the beginning

[@sharon3287]

Felt my house shake here on long island. Crazy feeling

[@leotsvitman6155]

NJ - 4,7

[@elliottmarcel1506]

I LIVE inTRENTON and i had NO IDEA, i felt nothing, noticed nothing, wtfffff

[@SparkleGaming12345]

I felt it! I freaked OUT! And I live in Trenton!

[@elliottmarcel1506]

@@SparkleGaming12345 LOL i guess my nervous system is impaired, im kind of jealous of those of you that felt it, i felt like i missed out, perhaps i was walking outside when it happened,

[@imac1960]

I live in Lee Massachusetts and I felt it my whole room shook in my apartment

[@abvevo6406]

Well, of course, a cardboard box will shake guy. 😂

[@Kingsombra21]

Once an earthquake is on the ocean I’m out

[@mariammajacob2644]

I felt that earthquake was shaken my home.

[@naturalfreeness322]

When New York gets hit by a earthquake, you know something up, first Taiwan now New York, interesting times we're living in

[@TheSnapback]

From NJ, I remember one in 2009. It was only 3.0 but it felt pretty similar

[@YourGypsyJoker]

i'm in baltimore and felt my concrete building shake mildly as well. was alarming!

[@1stwonder788]

I still remember the east coast earthquake of 2011

[@CQ-369]

We're really rocking in Boston too.

[@My_Geezly]

3 DAYS BEFORE THE ECLIPSE??? BE AWARE!!!!

[@omi_god]

LOL - you don't actually believe these things are related. People aren't that ignorant.

[@Jrleeth]

THATS WHAT MY DAD IS SAYING

[@bricenparris3981]

Don't make a conspiracy theory

[@mystikwand6115]

With all eclipses there are more natural phenomena than the usual and that my friend it's a fact!

[@blownn420]

@omi_god the lord is coming! Repent now! 🤣

[@Braincramp50]

Felt here in Lancaster PA an hour west of Philly…

[@stacyn.]

Was Connecticut 4.8 because we had one too?

[@GabagoolFool]

@FanDuel-nflyes it did m8 i felt it in long island

[@stacyn.]

@FanDuel-nfl No.

[@knickbockerz7536]

@FanDuel-nflyour the fake news, my whole house was shaking and I live in Yonkers

[@theabyssaldemon]

"Is there any sense of how equipped this area is for earthquakes?" all I heard was "you know damn well it isn't."

[@CBeard849]

Us SoCal natives are used to shakes like that.....and then we go back to eating breakfast.

[@genz2826]

I felt it in waterbury,ct

[@msoda8516]

This was very close to my house. I was in my finished basement at the time the noise was crazy

[@ncirelli87]

No One was hurt and that is what is most important

[@roselawrence56]

Was it felt in Massachusetts thought I heard a truck coming and I didn't see one

[@yankees29]

I’m in Long Island I thought a huge truck was coming down my block!😂

[@EM-mw2qr]

I live on a side street in Connecticut that a lot of truckers use and thought it was a really big truck at first too.

[@yankees29]

@@EM-mw2qr at first I thought my washing machine was stuck in a crazy spin cycle then I thought truck!! 🤣

[@TheRealBelisariusCawl]

Felt in Brockton MA… thought my hangover just hit overdrive or I was having a stroke.

[@yankees29]

@@EM-mw2qr I used to live next to the LIRR so every day and night I would feel shaking. Now the closest thing is the LIE so I instantly thought it was a truck.

[@marcelodesa3474]

Here in The Bronx.I felt it in my entire building at around 10:25 this morning. I could hear my dishes rattling in the kitchen. I just felt like running out the hallway.

[@jonathanf2392]

I really thought it was a truck passing by my house since I live next to a highway. Taiwan just had one. Crazy times we live in today

[@yankees29]

Same thought it was a big truck I live near the LIE

[@jonathanf2392]

@@yankees29 BQE for me

[@yankees29]

@@jonathanf2392 yeah that’s definitely not uncommon for the BQE. I did that commute everyday for years.

[@jonathanf2392]

@@yankees29 my dad used to drive us on that highway all the time. He died a few years ago so no one in my family drives anymore. But I know that they squeeze the BQE to two lanes in that section between the Hugh L Carey tunnel & Brooklyn bridge cause if structural safety reasons, so that has to suck now driving on it, especially during rush hours, ALWAYS a traffic nightmare

[@michellecook3046]

Hoping everyone is safe 🙏

[@mcazurin]

Glad you’re safe. Good thing the bike didn’t fall

[@pathkeepers]

That was neat. Never been in one.

[@johnmoreno3891]

im from California southern california Los Angeles we get earthquakes all the time

[@pnutbuttajellee1394]

People on the east coast freakin out like this is news! I guess it is kind of crazy where there are no major or even minor faults. Suspicious!

[@michaelpast19]

I felt the earthquake while I was rooming in a pt I literally felt the floor shake, the whole building shook

[@maggiedurham447]

Felt in Port Ewen, NY

[@norsepunk1075]

Me too in Kingston NY

[@Mafiosoquan856]

God damn felt everywhere to Boston to pa and south jersey

[@cyanolove7761]

Felt it even in Syracuse! Knocked some pens off my desk.

[@Cyberraptor14]

With all this surge in Earthquakes (and Icelands volcano eruptions), I sense something big and bad is coming. I'm speculating a full on 2012

[@Perfect10wChocolateskin]

I’m in NYC on the 16th floor i was on the couch like the last one 10yrs ago so i immediately knew like wth was going on and you heard it . i thought the building was going to collapse 😖

[@michaelstoerzinger6958]

We felt the earthquake in NH

[@vwd3437]

Interesting

[@lukethenuke0018]

Bro wtf I was chilling at my desk in mass and thought I was going insane my water bottle was vibrating

[@aogaminggaming3956]

4.8 is nothing. My parents went through at 7.4 earthquake in Kobe

[@AntoinetteD]

Felt it in Albany, NY. My plants were swaying for 30 secs.

[@carltonlau3799]

Hope those subway rider crossing Manhattan bridge can feel the shake...😂

[@lagski5526]

We all know Caseoh woke up to early

[@nomenclature9373]

Bartender, I asked for my martini to be stirred, not shaken.

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

Here at cherry hill East, I as well as most of the school didn’t feel a thing and are absolutely clueless

[@SleepyHal]

Felt it in Syracuse!

[@andreg.ignacio]

I was in class during this earthquake & me & class felt this & so did other classes were really close to & family members were made nervous like me & class were

[@PatrickRyan150]

I live in Oklahoma and it scared me.

[@user-oi8xx1el5r]

I hope everyone be okey! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rebeccacrowell2386]

Will there be another after this one ? Prayers for all .🙏🙏🙏

[@davidserrano2617]

I hope not

[@user-zx6lf5so4w]

Being that you never have them, and If your earthquake was from what I understand a very very long time ago, and out of the blue you have this one, the answer is yes.And it will probably much worse. Just saying, that's how they work

[@user-zx6lf5so4w]

And that's because it was felt throughout a many other areas.

[@raulestevez7307]

This was not a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, if it was, buildings would be destroyed

[@maryleedeferrari7020]

Baloney

[@user-ow4wx1od1p]

I felt it in bucks county

[@jessicasingh824]

My building shook I'm in Brooklyn ny close to coney island

[@alejandraparker7272]

PRAISE YAHWEH FINALLY A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN DALLAS TEXAS.. PRAYERS UP FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED.

[@richierich3194]

Sounds like a new Fisher

[@VegaKhriz2024]

I hate the fact that most of them assume things are fine because of what's going on at the very moment but the long-term effect could be so catastrophic that we don't even have an inkling or true understanding of what may have gone on under the foundations and on the building structure