A magnitude 2.6 aftershock rattled New Jersey on the first day of May after a dramatic earthquake shook parts of the East Coast in early April.
The Garden State has been rocked by more than 150 aftershocks since the initial 4.8 magnitude earthquake, which centered near Lebanon on the morning of April 5.
More than 42 million people from New York to Connecticut and Philadelphia felt the first quake, and New Jersey residents have been plagued by tremors ever since.
People in Bridgewater told News 12 New Jersey that the aftershock at around 7 am Wednesday ‘sounded like a truck was driving by.’
Others in nearby cities, including Mendham, Randolph, and Gladstone, said they felt the shake. One local said their kitchen counter vibrated for around seven seconds.
The original quake was the largest to hit New York City since 1884. Governor Kathy Hochul said: ‘This is one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast in the last century.’
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast reported shaking.
Tremors lasting for around 20 seconds were felt over 200 miles near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast reported shaking. Tremors lasting for around 20 seconds were felt over 200 miles near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
In a video from New Jersey, a dog sits up suddenly seconds before the room shakes violently, and belongings fall over.
And Boonton Coffee shared a video of their shop shaking before customers fled outside.
A barbershop camera caught the moment an earthquake shook the store a customer grabbed their young son lifted him into the air and carried him outside.
In midtown Manhattan, the usual cacophony of traffic grew louder as motorists blared their horns on momentarily shuddering streets.
