An earthquake with
a preliminary magnitude of 5.5
occurred in the New York area near North Plainfield, New Jersey, on Friday morning.
The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center reports that the earthquake occurred around
10:23 local time.
Social media users up and down the East Coast reported feeling tremors at the time, and "#earthquake" was trending on X soon after.
Tremors have been reported as far south as the Philadelphia area, EMSC says.
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