It’s not even been a month since the 4.8 earthquake shook NYC, knocking down picture frames and making your already questionable apartment foundation feel even more unsteady. And yet, another earthquake has struck the nearby NYC area, specifically in Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake scored a 2.9 on the richter scale—a little over half the size of the one from earlier this month. The New Jersey town is just about an hour drive out of NYC. And unlike NYC, Peapack and Gladstone is actually situated on a fault system (in fact, the closest one to the city) otherwise known as The Ramapo fault system.
Though “earthquakes in this region are infrequent, [they aren’t] unexpected,” explained Jessica Thompson Jobe, a researcher in the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards Program.
The official X account of New Jersey posted that there were no known injuries or damages to infrastructure.
Seismologists warned there would be aftershocks following the earlier earthquake and this one will just be added to the list of 30+ aftershocks already felt around the NYC area following this month’s previous quake.