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Cedar Knolls (USA)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
Everything shook
Somerset (USA)
30 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 10 min
Somerset, NJ, the whole apartment building shook!!
Madison (USA)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 12 min
Severe shaking of the house, rocking back and forth. Less than a minute.
Andover (USA)
30 km N from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
That was the strongest earthquake I’ve ever felt in New Jersey, I thought my house was coming down
Plainfield (USA)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 9 min
Whole house shook
East Franklin (USA)
30 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
Definitely felt shaking, but not enough to warrant damage to anything
Skillman (USA)
31 km S from epicenter
T0 + 1361 min
We felt a rumbling and heard the noise- like a big, fast train coming very close to us? And we looked at each other and ran outside with our dog, whose hair went right up in fear. Outside all the dogs in the neighborhood were barking. Then it was over.
Plainfield (USA)
31 km E from epicenter
T0 + 20 min
Felt an earthquake near north Plainfield nj
Rockaway (USA)
31 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 8 min
Scary
Chatham (USA)
31 km E from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
In Chatham, we felt the shaking
Skillman (USA)
31 km S from epicenter
T0 + 15 min
No damage. Nothing fell off walks or flat surfaces. Windows vibrated & rattled, floors trembled
Skillman (USA)
32 km S from epicenter
T0 + 11 min
A rumbling started while I was in the restroom. It started like there was a huge cement truck just outside, but it kept building until the building was lightly shaking to the point I thought there might have been a nuclear bomb dropped somewhere a few miles away
Hopewell (USA)
32 km S from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
everything was shaking and the water in our creek was sloshing
Skillman (USA)
32 km S from epicenter
T0 + 550 min
I was laying in my bed half awake, half asleep & thought at first that someone had kicked the garage door. It was a at first a big jolt followed up quickly with a violent rolling & shaking motion which lasted about 10 seconds or so. I felt like my Tempur-pedic bed had instantly become a water bed with the massage feature turn onto maximum overdrive. It knocked a couple books off the shelf & several items nearly fell off the dresser.
Whippany (USA)
32 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
Heard heavy rumbling noise and slight movement, no damage
Frenchtown (USA)
32 km SW from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
No damage but super scary the whole house was shaking and lights were rattling for what seemed like over a minute.
Denville (USA)
32 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 7 min
Loud shaking, enough to rattle fixtures but not enough to knock anything over or cause damage to home structure.
Chatham (USA)
32 km E from epicenter
T0 + 15 min
The house shook for a few seconds.
Mountainside (USA)
32 km E from epicenter
T0 + 9 min
Our house felt like it was vibrating for about 15 seconds and i thought something had exploded in the basement
New Brunswick (USA)
33 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 10 min
There was a rumble that shook my bed for at least a couple seconds as if there was a train passing underneath/nearby.
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