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The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia.
Frederik J. Simons, a professor of geosciences at Princeton University, told NBC News that the earthquake occurred on a shallow fault system in New Jersey and shook for about 35 seconds.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the East Coast shortly after 10:20 a.m. Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. (USGS)
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The Patriot-News officially traces its history to March 4, 1854, with the founding of The Daily Patriot. Its heritage dates, however, to December 1820, involving a weekly newspaper named The Pennsylvania Intelligencer. In 1855, The Patriot bought the Democratic Union, successor of the Intelligencer, and merged them into The Patriot & Union.
According to the Geological Survey, Friday's 4.8 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit New Jersey in nearly 250 years. But Scott Brandenberg, a professor of civil and environmental ...
Friday morning's earthquake, an event more commonly associated with California, was the first many Northeasterners had ever felt.. The temblor, which measured 4.8 on the Richter scale, was ...
10.5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5 , the show follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters including earthquakes , volcanic eruptions , tsunamis , and sinkholes , all triggered by an apocalyptic earthquake.