USGS: A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near New York on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km, according to the USGS.
No significant damage or injuries were immediately reported. The slight tremor was felt in many neighborhoods in the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, causing a deluge of messages on social media platforms. At United Nations headquarters, cameras filming the Security Council meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza began to shake. The representative of the NGO Save the Children, Janti Soeripto, interrupted her speech describing the famine and the deaths.