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On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 EDT (14:23 UTC), a M w 4.8 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township.While it was felt across the New York metropolitan area, Delaware Valley, the Washington D.C metropolitan area, and other parts of the northeastern United States between Virginia and Maine, it had a relatively minor impact, with no major damage ...
The Ramapo Fault System is the longest in the northeastern U.S., stretching from Pennsylvania to southeastern New York. Map of the Ramapo Fault System: Earthquake epicenter at Lebanon, NJ ...
Another aftershock hits Central Jersey following 4.8 magnitude quake in April. This map shows where a 1.6 magnitude earthquake struck at 5:11 a.m. Monday, about a mile and a quarter west of ...
High Bridge, NJ -- April 11, 2024 -- Assistant Professor of Structural Geology Folarin 'Fola' Kolawole and his staff from the Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory does fieldwork ...
The 1 January 2024 mainshock was the strongest to hit the peninsula since records began in 1885. [16] The swarm began in December 2020 at depths greater than 15 km (9.3 mi) beneath the peninsula's northeast. By mid-March 2021, the earthquake swarm migrated to shallower depths above 15 km (9.3 mi).
Ramapo Fault. The Ramapo Fault zone is a system of faults between the northern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont areas to the east. [1] Spanning more than 185 miles (298 km) in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, it is perhaps the best known fault zone in the Mid-Atlantic region, and some small earthquakes have been known to occur in its ...
New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is the science behind the cause and the Ramapo Fault.
On April 5, 2024, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey struck the region; no injuries or damage were immediately reported. [20] This is the highest-magnitude earthquake in the region since 1884. An aftershock of magnitude 3.8 occurred that day close to Gladstone, New Jersey and was felt in Manhattan and ...