New Jersey Earthquake 2024. As of early thursday afternoon, new jersey has experienced more than 130 aftershocks from a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the state on april 5, 2024. The mainshock is the largest earthquake in a sequence (a series of earthquakes related to each other).
Local time, a moment magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck tewksbury township, new jersey, about 65 km west of new york city. At approximately 10:23 am on friday april 5, new jersey experienced a magnitude 4.8 earthquake, the first of this magnitude in over two.