Many New Yorkers unfazed by rare earthquake: ‘Definitely weird’

The city’s famously hardboiled residents reported a wide range of feelings to a phenomenon more often associated with California

The earthquake that struck the New York metropolitan area and the surrounding region on Friday morning, left some New Yorkers shaken by the rare event but many others were unfazed – or even failed to notice it happened at all.

The quake struck at around 10:23am ET, according to the US Geological Survey. Centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey at a magnitude of 4.8, the earthquake’s tremors were felt across the tri-state area including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Residents in Massachusetts and Maryland also reported having felt shaking.