2024 New Jersey earthquake epicenter

On 4/5/2024, at 14:23 UTC, a Mw 4.8 earthquake occurred in New Jersey, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township. While it was felt across the NYC, Philadelphia, and D.C. metropolitan areas and other parts of the NE United States between Virginia and Maine, it had a relatively minor impact, with no major damage reported in New York and New Jersey. There were dozens of aftershocks throughout the rest of the week.

It was the strongest earthquake to affect New Jersey since the 5.3 Mfa 1783 New Jersey earthquake, and the strongest to hit NYC since an estimated 5.0 magnitude earthquake on 8/10/1884.