Temblor reportedly occurred just over a mile southeast of East Freehold just after 2 a.m. Wednesday. USGS said in his Earthquake protection program site a few minutes after the event.
The Mount Holly National Weather Service’s office tweeted that the small earthquake was felt “over much of central New Jersey.”
New Jersey residents in Freehold and beyond tweeted about the night’s earthquake on social media, checking to see if everyone else felt the same shaking. The roar woke up some of the locals who fell asleep, while others were amazed at the event as they were about to surrender for the night. Some people have received earthquake alerts on their phones.
New Yorkers said they felt the Jersey event on Staten Island and Queens.
“It sounded like a dump truck falls from several floors above, but about 4-5 blocks away, ”a Mathavan resident said on an earthquake tracking website operated by Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center in Paris. “It rattled on the floor for about 5 seconds. I felt like my feet on the floor and across the seat of a chair. “
The US Geological Survey reviewed the report of the 3.1 earthquake just after 2 a.m. Wednesday.USGS
EMSC, using the LastQuake app to collect eyewitness reports, received messages from people within 30 miles of the earthquake.
“At 2 am the whole house shook for a few seconds,” said a resident of East Brunswick. “At first they thought it might be a low-flying plane or a helicopter, but there was no one in the area.”
“Everyone woke up, including the dog,” said a Roosevelt resident. “I thought there was a car hitting the garage.”
No major damage was reported in New Jersey at the time, but some buildings were evacuated and many residents felt shaking in their cars and offices.
The 2011 earthquake was the strongest in the state in recent memory, but there were other minor events.
AND 2.8 magnitude an earthquake struck near Bernardsville in 2015. Magnitude 1.7 earthquake rumbled New Jersey southeast of Trenton. And in 2012, just days after Hurricane Sandy, 2.0 magnitude the earthquake occurred near Ringwood.
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