On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 am, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattles New Jersey and surrounding states.
A brief video providing information about earthquakes.
Residents along the entire east coast reported shaking Friday morning as one of the largest earthquakes in recent history struck the area - and now, experts are sharing what caused it.
The Ramapo Fault System, the longest and one of the oldest systems of cracks in the earth’s crust in the Northeast. It also shows the location of all earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in New Jersey during the last 50 years as of 2010. Click the link below to read more.
Friday morning's earthquake was felt from New York City all the way to Washington, DC. Blame ancient fault lines and bedrock for the jolt.