Earthquake in Bergen County shakes parts of New Jersey, New York

An earthquake in Bergen County shook parts of New Jersey and New York on Saturday night. This is the second earthquake in New Jersey in less than two weeks.

At 10:18 pm, an earthquake was recorded that recorded 3.0 on the Richter scale in Hasbrouck Heights.

The Richter scale varies from 1-9, being 1 the weakest, and 9 is the strongest.

The New Jersey earthquake felt in New York City, under Hudson Valley

Relatively weak, the earthquake felt as far as 65 miles, reaching west of Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley. Numerous residents in New York City and its surroundings have reported that they also felt the rumble.

So far no damage has been reported, he thought that replicas can occur through the next few days.

This last earthquake comes immediately after a series of small earthquakes focused on the Morris Plains area in New Jersey on July 21 and 22.

The initial duration of the round Registered only to 1.6 in magnitude on July 21. However, five replicas follow the day and night of July 22, with the fourth registered replica higher than the initial clash, reaching 2.0 in magnitude. Little or no damage was reported about that round.

It adapts to earthquakes in the tri-state area

It is not known that Allheh New Jersey is a seedbed or a seismic activity, such as places like California or Japan, has a fairly active failure line that crosses the northern central part of the state. This failure line, known as Ramapo Fault Line, is responsible for producing several earthquakes per year. These earthquakes are commonAnd they do not feel away from outside their epicenters in the north of New Jersey.

There are exceptions to this thought. An example was last year, when An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 Centered on the office buildings of Tewksbury, New Jarga, throughout New York Cityand He felt as far as Main and Virginia on April 5, 2024. According to the USGS, that recently Quake produced some damages to the houses in New Jersey, and it was estimated that the 42 million people felt it.

Around 205 replicas continued for weeks And only months after the initial earthquake. The strongest had a magnitude of 3.7, which occurred seven hours after the first earthquake.

The earthquake of April 5, 2024 was also the second strongest earthquake in the history of New Jersey. The strongest earthquake recorded in the state of Garden occurred on November 29, 1783 and registered a 5.3 in magnitude.