Overview

• A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck near Hillsdale, New Jersey, at 12:11 p.m. on August 5, following a magnitude 3.0 tremor in Hasbrouck Heights three days earlier.
• Shaking was reported across northern New Jersey, all five boroughs of New York City and parts of Connecticut, but officials confirmed there were no injuries or property damage.
• The USGS logged nearly 300 felt reports for the August 5 quake and reminded residents that aftershocks may follow minutes, hours or even days after a tremor.
• Jessica Turner, a geophysicist with the National Earthquake Information Center, said it remains unclear whether the latest tremor is an aftershock or a separate seismic event.
• Seismologists attribute the wide reach of these small intraplate quakes to the region’s older, rigid bedrock, which allows seismic waves to travel efficiently.