2024-04-10 09:00:08
In the surroundings of theBig Apple“, It is 5th of Aprila strong feeling was felt earthquake of magnitude 4.8which scared the residents.
Internet users on social networks reported that during the morning of this Friday a strong earthquake of approximately 20 seconds was felt in New York.
According to the United States Geophysics Institute (USGS), the 4.8 magnitude earthquake was unusual in the vicinity of New York, but was noticeable for a few seconds in the big city.
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Likewise, it was detailed that the earthquake occurred “at 2:23 p.m. GMT (10:23 a.m. local time) 7 kilometers northeast of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey,” the border state of New York, on the other side of the Hudson River, with a depth 5 kilometers, according to the USGS,
On the other hand, the spokesman for the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, wrote on his X account that, so far, no significant damage or injuries have been reported immediately.
“We have no information at this time about significant damage (but) we continue to assess the situation,” Fabien Levy, spokesman for New York Mayor Eric Adams, wrote on X.
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Something to highlight is that given the slight tremor that was felt in several neighborhoods in the districts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, the representative of the NGO Save the Children, Janti Soeripto, interrupted a speech in which she spoke about famine and deaths. “Is it an earthquake?” she asked.
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2024-04-10 09:00:08