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On April 5, residents across a wide swath of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania experienced what may have been their first—and possibly not last—earthquake.
Less than a week after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the tri-state, a 2.6-magnitude aftershock was felt Wednesday in New Jersey. The aftershock occurred around 10:22 a.m. and was located about 3.1 miles southwest of Gladstone in Somerset County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey The USGS said a “weak’” shaking was measured across northern New Jersey and into Long Island…
While many in Oklahoma received a break from severe weather Thursday, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook communities in the central part of the state, sending people to social media to figure out what was going on.