A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck the New York City metropolitan area at 1:53 a.m. Friday.
The epicenter of the rumbling was about 6.4 miles underground in suburban Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County. The town is about 10 miles from New York City.
The low-magnitude earthquake did not cause any known damage or injuries to area residents, but it did get noticed.
“I assumed that maybe it was some trucks passing, but literally sitting here, I’m like, the ground shook too much, the house shook too much,” Englewood, New Jersey, resident Erica Diggs told WABC-TV.
Over 300 reports of feeling the earth shake were sent in from New Jersey, the Bronx, Connecticut, Long Island and elsewhere, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Quakes in the area are not uncommon but are also not that intense compared with those in states with more defined fault lines, such as California.
“I wouldn’t say it would be damaging at all but they do get felt in the Northeast. … These are just random little quakes. They happen. They are just scattered all over so you don’t have real defined fault zones,” USGS seismologist Randy Baldwin told The New York Times.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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