A magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, causing tremors in nearby cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, DC. The United States Geological Survey warns of possible aftershocks. The East Coast's unique geology contributes to earthquakes being felt over a wider area compared to the West Coast.
Friday morning at around 10:30 local time, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake popped three miles below Whitehouse Station , New Jersey . Though nowhere near the magnitude of the West Coast’s monster quakes, the seismic waves traveled hundreds of miles, jostling not just nearby New York City, but Philadelphia and Boston and Washington, DC. The United States Geological Survey is urging the region to prepare for aftershocks of smaller magnitude. For a region not accustomed to earthquakes, it was a jolt.
Its wide-ranging impact turns out to be not a quirk, but a byproduct of the East Coast’s unique geology of ancient fault lines and rock composition. “Earthquakes in this region are uncommon, but not unexpected,” said seismologist Paul Earle, of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, on a press call Friday. “Earthquakes on the East Coast are felt much farther—four or five times farther—than a similar earthquake on the West Coast.” Back in 2011, for instance, people felt the shock of a
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