Earthquake felt in Massachusetts: ‘My apartment building just shook’
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast Friday morning, as Bay State residents felt the quake from hundreds of miles away.
The earthquake was reported at 10:23 a.m., with the quake’s center in northern New Jersey near Lebanon.
Shaking was felt in cities along the I-95 corridor, including Boston.
“BREAKING: 4.8 magnitude earthquake reported in the Northeast. Shaking felt in New York City, Philadelphia and Boston,” The Weather Channel posted.
The National Weather Service’s Boston office has received several reports of an earthquake felt in southern New England.
“Preliminary reports from the @USGS indicate a M4.8 earthquake was recorded in north-central NJ,” NWS Boston posted.
Comments were flooding in on social media, as Boston-area residents reported feeling the quake.
One person wrote, “My apartment building just shook for a couple seconds. Anyone else feeling this in Boston???”
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