A 2.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the northern New Jersey region near New York City Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region unaccustomed to it.

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake struck the Northeast on Friday, the largest in the region since 2011, according to the US Geological Survey. No major damage was reported. Photo: Brittainy Newman ...

Hundreds of people reported feeling some weak shaking to the USGS with some as far north as Poughkeepsie and even into some parts of Long Island.

In 2008, researchers at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory analyzed 383 earthquakes in an 18,000-square-kilometer area around New York City, The New York Times recalled.

Fort Covington is around 400 miles away from New York City. A 4.8-magnitude earthquake previously shook the tri-state area last April. At least 42 million people felt shaking, according to the USGS.

The magnitude 3.7 earthquake’s epicenter was recorded near Concord, California, but a U.S. Geological Survey report indicates ...