A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast on Friday morning, and residents of Bay State felt it from hundreds of miles away.
The earthquake occurred at 10:23 a.m., with its center in northern New Jersey near Lebanon.
Shaking was experienced in cities along the I-95 corridor, including Boston.
The Weather Channel posted, 'BREAKING: 4.8 magnitude earthquake reported in the Northeast. Shaking felt in New York City, Philadelphia and Boston.'
The Boston office of the National Weather Service has received multiple reports of an earthquake felt in southern New England.
NWS Boston posted, 'Preliminary reports from the @USGS indicate a M4.8 earthquake was recorded in north-central NJ.'
Emergency officials in Massachusetts received numerous reports of shaking across the state.
MEMA posted, 'Our Local Coordinators are reaching out to communities to get damage reports and requests for assistance. In an earthquake: drop, cover, hold on.'
People in the Boston area commented on social media about feeling the quake.
One person wrote, 'My apartment building just shook for a couple seconds. Anyone else feeling this in Boston???'
Meanwhile, flights were halted at airports, including at JFK and Newark.
The FAA posted, 'A 4.8 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey may impact some air traffic facilities in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Air traffic operations are resuming as quickly as possible.'
According to the United States Geological Survey, earthquakes are not common but do occur along the Atlantic Coast.
USGS Earthquakes posted about the Atlantic Coast region: 'A zone one study referred to as a 'passive-aggressive margin' because there's no active plate boundary between the Atlantic & N. American plates, but there are stresses.'
