An earthquake shook things in the New York metropolitan area on Saturday night.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.0 Hit Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, at 10:18 pm, according to the United States geological service or USGS.
There have been no reports of injuries or structural damage, said Jonathan Tytell, geophysical in the USGS.
The earthquake has a preliminary depth of 10 kilometers, which is superficial in relation to others that have happened on Earth, he said.
No important impacts were reported shortly after the earthquake, said New York emergency management. The agency reported that tremors may have felt in parts of the city.
New Yorkers must be prepared for aftershocks that could occur minutes, hours or even days after the initial event, a publication in the agency’s account said. The publication also recommended that those who felt that dangers were trembling such as the articles that moved, falling debris or cracks.
The Empire State Building made sure to let the New Yorkers know that he survived the shake, publishing in X: “I’m fine.”
Tytell said that the earthquake was “substantially less threatening in life” than the earthquake of magnitude 8.8 in Russia that caused Tsunami warnings in the United States.
Those in the Saturday earthquake area can expect a magnitude of 1.0, Tytell said, but it is unlikely if this was a precursor of something bigger.
He also said he did not believe that this was a replica of the 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the area that took place in April 2024.
