--- title: New York City Rattled by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake | TIME description: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey at 10:23 a.m. ET this morning. Tremors were felt throughout the state, New York City, Philadelphia, and as far south as Baltimore. So far, there have been no injuries reported. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that her team is currently conducting an assessment to check for damage. canonical: https://time.com/video/NInYK20a/ og:title: New York City Rattled by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake og:description: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey at 10:23 a.m. ET this morning. Tremors were felt throughout the state, New York City, Philadelphia, and as far south as Baltimore. So far, there have been no injuries reported. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: New York City Rattled by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake [Watch (HLS stream): New York City Rattled by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NInYK20a.m3u8) (4:00)  _Published 2024-04-05. A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey at 10:23 a.m. ET this morning. Tremors were felt throughout the state, New York City, Philadelphia, and as far south as Baltimore. So far, there have been no injuries reported. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that her team is currently conducting an assessment to check for damage._ --- Apr 5, 2024 7:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Earthquake Interrupts U.N. Security Council in New York City](/video/b697NWld/) ### Earthquake Interrupts U.N. 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We also spoke to the MTA to ensure the Integrity of the structural Integrity of the subway system the port authority and I want to announce it right now is JFK and Newark airports are on full ground stops to assess any potential for After Effects and we're been in contact with utility companies to make sure that the gas and electric services continue. I will report the Amtrak in MTA are on full schedule. No disruption there at this time. It's been dead. Going day to see them say the leave but White House offered any assistant a senator Schumer reached out offered any assistance. So right now it's most important that we have our structural teams out. There are engineering teams surveying. Our bridges are rose any area there could be a fault line that is not easily detectable to make sure that passengers on our rails as well. As our computers are safe. We have not identified any life-threatening situations, but we are certainly asking our local law enforcement and Emergency Services teams to be on guard for that as well or another. Earthquake that hit off City around 10:23 a.m. We felt the impact of this more points 7 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was in Lebanon New Jersey about 50 miles from New York City and let you know this is a developing situation. You always concerned about the aftershocks after an earthquake in New York and should go about their normal J at this point. We do not have any reports of major impacts infrastructure or injuries. But of course, we're still assessing the situation and will continue to update the tub while in touch with the White House to Governor's Office and local elected officials. And I encourage New Yorkers to check on of their loved ones to make sure that they are fine and only from the infrastructure damage, but it could be a traumatic moment for individuals going through an earthquake earthquake. Play a New York. So this can be extremely traumatic. The number of text calls and inquiries of that people send out to not only our Administration for two family members checking on them. Are we know how this can impact you but we're ready for the unexpected. This is New York City and we responded accordingly parents were concerned about their school children a chance with banks of will be here to report on that. But we say over and over again the safest place while students are we believe will continue to be in school working enforcement unit is out doing inspections simile similar to what we do prior to big storms. There are 1.1 million buildings in the city, which means we need cooperation from construction professionals with message that to them but let me take this opportunity again to remind all of our construction professionals you need to go out. Check on your buildings, even if those sites are closed. We at the department of buildings are concerned about some of the downstream possibilities cracks that you like seeing that that may materialize manifest in a week or a month for scaffolding a retaining walls. If you see something that is problematic, please call 311 ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"New York City Rattled by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake","description":"A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey at 10:23 a.m. ET this morning. Tremors were felt throughout the state, New York City, Philadelphia, and as far south as Baltimore. So far, there have been no injuries reported. 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