Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: Norbert Grisay / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 6:10 p.m., April 5, 2024
The American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) indicated that a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck very close to 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.
A rare magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck very close to New York on Friday, the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) said, with the megacity shaking for a few seconds in various places. The earthquake occurred "at 2:23 p.m. GMT (10:23 a.m. local time) 7 km north-northeast of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey", the border state of New York on the other side of the Hudson River.
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The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km, according to the USGS. No significant damage or injuries were immediately reported. “We have no information at this stage relating to significant damage (but) we continue to assess the situation,” wrote on X the spokesperson for New York Mayor Eric Adams, Fabien Levy. “I'M OK”, also assured on X the account of the emblematic Empire State Building.
I AM FINE
— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) April 5, 2024
The United Nations cameras started shaking
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. “Is that an earthquake?” she asked.