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Earthquake hits New York City

A strong earthquake has hit the crowded New York City area on Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey. People in the Northeast said they felt the ground shaking.

The agency said there was a 4. 7 earthquake near Lebanon, New Jersey. It was about 45 miles from New York City and 50 miles from Philadelphia.

The New York Fire Department said they didn’t hear about any damage at first. New York Mayor Eric Adams was told about the earthquake. His spokesperson Fabien Levy said that they don’t have any reports of big problems yet, but they are still checking to see what the impact was.

In the middle of Manhattan, the usual noisy traffic got louder as drivers honked their horns on shaky streets. Some people in Brooklyn heard a loud noise and felt their building shake. A person from California who is used to earthquakes helped calm their worried neighbors in a Manhattan apartment building.

People living in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut, and other parts of the East Coast who are not used to earthquakes said they also felt the ground shaking.

The governor of New York. Kathy Hochul wrote on X that the earthquake was felt all over the state. “My team is checking to see what kind of damage has happened, and we will keep telling people about it during the day,” Hochul said.

The shaking reminded me of the August. On August 23, 2011, an earthquake shook many people in the area from Georgia to Canada. A 58 magnitude earthquake was recorded, and it was the strongest one to hit the East Coast since World War II. The middle of the earthquake was in Virginia.

The earthquake made the Washington Monument cracked, and made people leave the White House and Capitol. It also scared New Yorkers, and this happened three weeks before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11th attack11 violent attacks with the intention to cause fear and harm.

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