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'Is this an earthquake?': Videos show earthquake that shook New York City area

'Is this an earthquake?': Videos show earthquake that shook New York City area
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Updated: 7:18 PM CDT Apr 5, 2024
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'Is this an earthquake?': Videos show earthquake that shook New York City area
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Updated: 7:18 PM CDT Apr 5, 2024
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Residents across the Northeast are showing and describing their experiences with an earthquake in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move.Video above: Home shaking in Middlesex, New Jersey, during earthquakeOfficials said Friday morning's quake was centered about 45 miles west of New York City and had a preliminary magnitude of 4.8. New York City's emergency notification system said more than 30 minutes after the quake that it had no reports of damage or injuries in the city.People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast also reported shaking.See footage and reactions in the videos below:United Nations meeting interruptedUnited Nations headquarters in New York City shook during a meeting there on Friday morning.Janti Soeripto, president and CEO of the humanitarian group Save the Children, was speaking when the group felt the tremors. "Is it an earthquake?" Soeripto wondered aloud, then asked if it was all right to go ahead. She did, but soon, diplomats' phones blared with earthquake alerts.Someone also joked that she made the ground shake.EarthCam shows Statue of Liberty shakingEarthCam footage shows a unique view of Friday's earthquake: from the top of the Statue of Liberty. Video shows visitors to the statue milling about and Manhattan in the background as the ground begins to shake.New Jersey coffee shop shakesA chaotic moment unfolds and can be seen at a Jersey coffee shop when it begins to shake.Boonton Coffee in Boonton, New Jersey, captured the moment on its surveillance camera.Chatter at the shop can be overheard, and it ranged from confused to terrified."Am I going to die?" a child can be heard asking.Crib shakesSurveillance video pointed inside of a baby's crib can be seen shaking at a home in Newark, New Jersey.Family's quiet morning interrupted by earthquakeA New Jersey family is seen watching television and feeding a newborn when Friday's earthquake happened. Cameras showed the unexpected moment from inside their home in White House Station, New Jersey, close to the earthquake's epicenter. Cat runs for cover in New Jersey homeMore surveillance video of a home in Jersey City, New Jersey, shows a cat running for cover as the shaking began.Guitar player caught off guardA man playing guitar in his Bridgewater, New Jersey, home was surprised to see the home he was in shake as he strummed."The (expletive) was that?" Jared can be heard saying during the clip, which was posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.Video gamer reacts to shakingGamer @lilskamslive was streaming from Essex County, New Jersey, when he took off his headphones."Is this an earthquake?" he can be heard saying. "Yo, my house is shaking." Dog goes on high alertA dog in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, was on high alert during Friday's earthquake. Ring cameras inside the home show the dog running onto the couch as the house shakes and his owner reacts.

Residents across the Northeast are showing and describing their experiences with an earthquake in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move.

Video above: Home shaking in Middlesex, New Jersey, during earthquake

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Officials said Friday morning's quake was centered about 45 miles west of New York City and had a preliminary magnitude of 4.8. New York City's emergency notification system said more than 30 minutes after the quake that it had no reports of damage or injuries in the city.

People in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and other areas of the Northeast also reported shaking.

See footage and reactions in the videos below:

United Nations meeting interrupted

United Nations headquarters in New York City shook during a meeting there on Friday morning.

, president and CEO of the humanitarian group Save the Children, was speaking when the group felt the tremors.

"Is it an earthquake?" Soeripto wondered aloud, then asked if it was all right to go ahead. She did, but soon, diplomats' phones blared with earthquake alerts.

Someone also joked that she made the ground shake.

EarthCam shows Statue of Liberty shaking

EarthCam footage shows a unique view of Friday's earthquake: from the top of the Statue of Liberty.

Video shows visitors to the statue milling about and Manhattan in the background as the ground begins to shake.


New Jersey coffee shop shakes

A chaotic moment unfolds and can be seen at a Jersey coffee shop when it begins to shake.

Boonton Coffee in Boonton, New Jersey, captured the moment on its surveillance camera.

Chatter at the shop can be overheard, and it ranged from confused to terrified.

"Am I going to die?" a child can be heard asking.

Crib shakes

Surveillance video pointed inside of a baby's crib can be seen shaking at a home in Newark, New Jersey.

Family's quiet morning interrupted by earthquake

A New Jersey family is seen watching television and feeding a newborn when Friday's earthquake happened.

Cameras showed the unexpected moment from inside their home in White House Station, New Jersey, close to the earthquake's epicenter.

Cat runs for cover in New Jersey home

More surveillance video of a home in Jersey City, New Jersey, shows a cat running for cover as the shaking began.

Guitar player caught off guard

A man playing guitar in his Bridgewater, New Jersey, home was surprised to see the home he was in shake as he strummed.

"The (expletive) was that?" Jared can be heard saying during the clip, which was posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.

Video gamer reacts to shaking

Gamer @lilskamslive was streaming from Essex County, New Jersey, when he took off his headphones.

"Is this an earthquake?" he can be heard saying. "Yo, my house is shaking."

Dog goes on high alert

A dog in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, was on high alert during Friday's earthquake.

Ring cameras inside the home show the dog running onto the couch as the house shakes and his owner reacts.