N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the northern New Jersey region near New York City Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The agency, which tracks earthquakes across the world, reported the small earthquake shortly after 1 p.

Numerous New Jersey residents took to social media early Friday afternoon, reporting loud booms, rattling and shaking from an earthquake.

The magnitude 2.4 earthquake was centered near Paramus, according to the USGS, and occurred around 1 p.m. It comes more than nine months after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook Tewksbury Township and surrounding areas.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Paramus Friday afternoon, Jan. 24, the United States Geological Survey (SGS) confirms.The USGS says the origin was just east of Paramus at 1:02 p.m.Residents in North Jersey reported feeling a major

The USGS says the earthquake happened around 1:02 p.m in Bergen County, between Paramus and River Edge. Earthquakes are less common on the eastern than on the western edges of the U.S. because the East Coast does not lie on a boundary of tectonic plates.

What was that? If you felt a rumble near the Rockland County/New Jersey border, it may have not been a large truck. It was an earthquake.

The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.

A 2.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded near Paramus, New Jersey on Friday afternoon, according to the USGS. The earthquake was recorded just after 1 p.m. at a depth of about 7.7 kilometers (4.7 miles).

Residents in North Jersey reported feeling tremors Friday afternoon, Jan. 24, shortly after 1 p.m.As of 1:15 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) had not yet confirmed an earthquake in the area.Some were convinced it was an earthquake,

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake struck near Paramus on Friday afternoon, briefly shaking parts of Bergen County and surprising residents across the

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states