A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shakes New York. The tremor shook buildings across the New York region shortly after 10:20 a.m.

Friday. The epicenter was in Lebanon, about 80 kilometers west of Manhattan. Residents in the city were asked to stay inside their buildings and to call 911 in case of personal injury. The earthquake was more than three times the last one recorded, last January, with an intensity of 1.7 and with an epicenter in Queens ( NY)