Engineers explain why these buildings of up to more than 100 floors withstood the shock. Friday morning's magnitude 4.8 earthquake was centered about 45 miles west of New Jersey City.
Aftershocks continued, with a magnitude 2.5 tremor on Saturday morning. No major damage has been reported to the city's public transportation system or its 1.1 million buildings. The operators of the 103-story Empire State Building posted an “I'M FINE” message Friday on the building's social media account X.