At 10:23 AM EDT a magnitude 4.8 earthquake was said to have hit near Whitehouse Station. The United States Geological Survey updated the location to near Califon, New Jersey which is approximately 69 miles north of Philadelphia.
Reports to USGS show shaking was felt as far away as the Washington D.C. area. Aftershocks are not expected. The USGS later today updated the earthquake to a 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale.
Nerves we rattled up and down the east coast. Several TikTok users caught the earthquake on video.
Fortunately, there was no significant damage from today’s earthquake. The strongest earthquake to ever hit New Jersey was in 1783 and it measured 5.3.