Small earthquake shakes the New York area. USGS says magnitude was 3.0

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS N J AP A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night The U S Geological Survey mentioned the tremor had a magnitude of It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights less than miles kilometers west of Central Park at a depth of about miles kilometers One resident of New York s Brooklyn borough described it as a very brief tremor just a slight swaying for a moment Nevertheless social media hurriedly lit up with people who felt it The official account of the Empire State Building disclosed in on the social platform X to say I AM FINE The tremor was much milder than a -magnitude quake in that struck in Tewksbury New Jersey a little farther west of the city A earthquake is typically not strong enough to cause any damage but tremors that mild are somewhat rare in the Northeast New York City Emergency Management disclosed there were no immediate reports of major impacts Source