[HIGHLIGHTS] 4.8 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey shakes New York City

4.8 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey shakes New York City. The epicenter of the earthquake was near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.

Charita Walcott, a 38-year-old resident of the Bronx borough of New York, said the earthquake felt "like a violent bang that lasted about 30 seconds or so" "It was like being in a drum circle, that vibration," she said. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center initially measured the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale.