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Earthquake Hits New York City, New Jersey With 4.8 Magnitude


An earthquake rattled New York City and New Jersey with a 4.8 magnitude.

ET about eight miles northwest of Bridgewater, N.J., per the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, and rattled skyscrapers and buildings across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, per reports. The official X (formerly Twitter) account of the Empire State Building jokingly posted, “I AM FINE.” “Sooooo New York City, was that an earthquake or nah?” wrote former “Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr., while ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon wrote, “Totally just had an#earthquake in New York.

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