{"id":2218833,"date":"2024-04-11T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T23:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifty-aftershocks-felt-in-new-jersey-following-rare-northeastern-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T19:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T23:24:53","slug":"fifty-aftershocks-felt-in-new-jersey-following-rare-northeastern-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifty-aftershocks-felt-in-new-jersey-following-rare-northeastern-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey experiences 50 aftershocks after rare earthquake in Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffifty-aftershocks-felt-in-new-jersey-following-rare-northeastern-earthquake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rare-powerful-earthquake-strikes-morocco-leaves-1300-dead\/\" title=\"Devastating earthquake hits Morocco, claiming over 1,300 lives.\">rare earthquake<\/a> in the\u200d Northeast \u2062caused over 50 aftershocks in New\u2063 Jersey, with a magnitude of\u2064 4.8 felt in\u2063 New\u200d York City and Washington, D.C., centered in \u2062New\u200c Jersey. Around 43 million people experienced the quake, \u200cone of \u2063the state&#8217;s\u200b strongest. The \u200bU.S. Geological Survey continues to monitor the \u200baftershocks \u2064for further insights \u200dinto seismic activity. A rare earthquake in\u200b the\u200c Northeast triggered more than 50 \u200baftershocks\u200b in New Jersey, with\u200d a\u2063 4.8 magnitude quake felt in New York City and Washington, D.C., \u200doriginating in New Jersey. Approximately 43 million individuals felt the tremor, marking \u2064it as \u200bone \u200cof the most\u200b powerful in the state&#8217;s history. The \u2064U.S. Geological Survey is actively monitoring the aftershocks \u2064to gain deeper \u2062insights into seismic events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/usgs-deploys-aftershock-kits-to-study-new-jersey-earthquakes-with-more-than-50-aftershocks-detected-so-far\/5312086\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>50 aftershocks<\/a> have been felt across New Jersey after an earthquake uncommonly shook the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a 4.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-cathedral-repairs-continue-10-years-after-earthquake\/\" title=\"U.S. cathedral repairs continue 10 years after earthquake\">8 magnitude earthquake<\/a> was felt in New York City and as far away as Washington, D.C., with its epicenter in New Jersey. An estimated 43 million people felt the earthquake, one of the strongest in the state\u2019s history. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, more than 50 aftershocks have been felt since then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can predict the exact time, location, or place of any earthquake,\u201d said Sarah McBride from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. <\/p>\n<p>Earthquake aftershocks, ranging from 1.3 to 3.8 in magnitude, have been felt across the Garden State in the week since the April 5 quake. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/04\/11\/new-jersey-earthquake-aftershock\/73286572007\/\">Wednesday<\/a>, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake was felt in New Jersey and registered 3 miles deep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, you never have just one earthquake,\u201d San Diego State Geologist Pat Abbott told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/aftershocks-new-jersey-new-york-city-northeast-earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fox Weather<\/a>. \u201cOnce the Earth has fractured in someplace and moved, that means it\u2019s moved a lot of stress forward, which is going to cause adjoining areas to move as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The USGS is now deploying \u201caftershock kits\u201d to better understand the effects of aftershocks in the area. It will deploy eight kits across the area to track the origin of aftershocks, how long they last, and how strong they are.<\/p>\n<p>While earthquakes in the Eastern U.S. are uncommon, when they do occur, they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-defends-her-use-of-weight-loss-medication-obesity-is-a-disease\/\" title=\"Oprah justifies weight loss medication use: 'Obesity is an illness.\">felt stronger<\/a> and across a more expansive range than those that happen in the West.\u00a0The USGS believes this is because rock formations are much older in the Eastern U.S. The East is also less mountainous than the West, where mountains are constantly pushing against each other.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were no reports of serious injury or damage from Friday\u2019s earthquake. To stay safe from earthquakes, people should remember to drop, cover, and hold on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means drop to the ground or lower your center of gravity, take cover under a sturdy desk or table and cover your neck and head with one arm, and hold to your cover with the other arm until the shaking stops,\u201d said Hollie Stark, outreach program manager at the Washington Emergency Management Division.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 50 aftershocks shook New Jersey following a rare earthquake in the Northeast. A 4.8 magnitude quake hit New York City and reached Washington, D.C., originating in New Jersey. Around 43 million people experienced this strong earthquake, making it one of the most impactful seismic events in the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2218834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ny-nj-sky-1024x584.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ny-nj-sky-1024x584.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}