Buildings shook, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
A screen at the New York Stock Exchange shows a news alert of a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in New York City, on April 5.NEW YORK – A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck the New York City region on April 5, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity.
The earthquake was felt across the region, including in New York City, New Jersey, northern Pennsylvania and western Connecticut, according to Reuters journalists and social media. At the United Nations, which has its headquarters in New York, a Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza was temporarily paused after the tremor.
President Joe Biden was briefed on the earthquake, and is monitoring potential impacts, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a post on X. “This is one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast to occur in the last century,” she said, adding that New York was taking the review “extremely seriously”.
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