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Witness location : East Freehold (USA) (1 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

2am woke us up  Lasted about 10 seconds

Witness location : Freehold (USA) (2 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

House felt like it shook for about three seconds

Witness location : Freehold (USA) (2 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 317 min

We live in East Freehold , NJ..The dogs couldn’t settle down 15 minutes prior to quake.,They wouldn’t come inside where they live with us. Woke me out of sleep, felt like a jackhammer going under our house, lasting approximately 10 seconds

Witness location : Freehold (USA) (2 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

2am, a large boom followed by rolling a few seconds. Dog sensed it and barked immediately.

Witness location : Freehold Twp (USA) (2 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 484 min

Thought it was the U.S. Navy playing with explosives at the Earle Naval Weapons Depot in Colts Neck about 2 miles north of my house. Didn't know I was at the freaking epicenter.

Witness location : (USA) (2 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

the shaking was mild, and didnt last long

Witness location : West Freehold (USA) (4 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 912 min

Heard a loud boom, then the house shook for approx 2-3 seconds.

Witness location : Marlboro (USA) (5 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 740 min

Heard the bang sound and windows shaking

Witness location : Marlboro (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Just felt a low rumble, then a solid “boom,” then rumbled away. Thought it was the furnace

Witness location : Marlboro (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

2AM EST

Witness location : Marlboro (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 372 min

Woke us out of a sound sleep with whole house shaking

Witness location : Marlboro (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

Rumble like sound and feeling of house vibrating woke us from sound sleep. We both said “what was that?” Couldn’t tell if it was a storm or an explosion. Definitely wasn’t thinking earthquake.

Witness location : West Freehold (USA) (6 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Whole house shook and woke us up. Sounded like a massive truck had crashed

Witness location : Marlboro (USA) (6 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Loud enough to wake my husband and I, then felt 3-4 big rumbles. I thought the basement was collapsing, but no damage.

Witness location : Colts Neck (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 292 min

Felt like an explosion of sorts.

Witness location : Colts Neck (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Woke up to shaking and rumbling.

Witness location : Englishtown (USA) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 81 min

Heard a load crack. Freaked the cat out.

Witness location : Morganville (USA) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Entire house shook solid 15 seconds.

Witness location : Englishtown (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Loud boom! House, bed shook. It made us roll out of bed! Not a single dog barked in the neighborhood though...

Witness location : Robertsville (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Woke me out of sleep and shook my house

Witness location : Englishtown (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

All of a sudden there was some intense shaking for 2-3 seconds and it was accompanied by a sonic-boom type sound.

Witness location : Englishtown (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Whole house shook. I thought another giant tree fell through my roof again. Heard loud groan and rumbling during quake and after for few seconds.

Witness location : Holmdel (USA) (12 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

2am  woke us up. bed was shaking, glass vibrating, house sounded like rattling

Witness location : Morganville (USA) (12 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

It sounded like a truck but house. Felt like a wave pass through and roll through me while in bed.

Witness location : Morganville (USA) (12 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 412 min

Woke up to the bed shaking on the wood floor. Animals were scared.  Didn’t know if it was an earthquake or a horrific accident behind my home.

Witness location : Holmdel (USA) (12 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

It started with a boom, and then devolved into lower rumbling and rattling of items in the house

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

It was vibrating a lot.

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Woke up at 2am to a rumbling sound and minor rattling sound in the window. It woke the dog up also.

Witness location : Lincroft (USA) (13 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Heard 2-3 significant loud bangs before most of the vibrations for about 10-30 seconds. It was enough to wake me out of a deep sleep.

Witness location : Lincroft (USA) (13 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 620 min

See that’s what the problem was. See I heard ‘em first I said hold on. I said hold up, wait a minute. Something ain’t right because then I started to taste em... And then I started to smell ‘em, so it was like a smell like a taste like, I knew something special about it. You know?

I ran upstairs. I had to run I had to do what that little girl... what’s that hiding girl? Who dat girl uh, in the holocaust, she had uh, she uh Anne Hathaway…Ann Frank! That’s that hiding bitch ain’t it?! I had to get up the stairs. So he had so much rhythm when he was walking up the stairs. Bitch, I almost started to beat box up in that closet. But I couldn’t do it yet. I couldn't die, I got court tomorrow. So, I'm just a little shook up, thats all.

Witness location : Eatontown (USA) (14 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 47 min

Heard a boom then shaking for five seconds... Dogs barked

Witness location : Tinton Falls (USA) (14 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 108 min

Very quick and sudden jolt that was also LOUD. Then a bit of rattling then over. Thought I felt a second smaller one some time after the 1st as well.

Witness location : Brownville (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

It woke me out of bed.

Witness location : Millstone Twp (USA) (15 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

HUGE BOOM along with the shakes

Witness location : Middletown (USA) (15 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 273 min

It woke up both my husband and me at 2am . We knew it had to be an earthquake.

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 390 min

It felt very deep our house is on a fault line and felt a small one before but this one felt different you could feel it in your body woke us all up and could feel it going through your body

Witness location : Aberdeen Twp (USA) (15 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 398 min

It felt as if a plane was flying very low and shook the housr

Witness location : Brownville (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1255 min

It felt like a tidal wave moved across the house. There was a loud noise, I thought that a plain was landing above my house.

Witness location : Strathmore (USA) (16 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 763 min

It felt like a large truck was on my property. Everything rattled

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Entire house shook pretty violently with a significant continuous rumble unlike thunder. Woke up the entire household.

Witness location : Matawan (USA) (17 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 99 min

Felt a distinct boom and two smaller waves / aftershocks that sounded almost like a tree falling in my community. Sound was enough to prompt me to wake my husband but the quake was not loud or strong enough to wake him up from his sleep.

Witness location : Matawan (USA) (17 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 587 min

Strong vibration/reverb type off feeling and accompanying sound. Loud and progressively louder until peak then gradually lower...

Witness location : Matawan (USA) (17 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 367 min

2am, i heard what sounded like an explosion. Then felt it. I did not know earthquakes made that type of sound.

Witness location : Brownville (USA) (17 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

It felt like something blow up outside and shook the whole house for about 3 seconds

Witness location : Jackson (USA) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Felt bed shake at 2:00am along with small “explosion”-type
Sound.

Witness location : Matawan (USA) (17 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt small earthquake about 2am in Aberdeen.

Witness location : Monroe Twp (USA) (18 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Lasted less than 20 seconds. There was an audible rumbling sound and the house felt like it vibrated.

Witness location : Red Bank (USA) (18 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

long roll of house shaking, lasted about 20 - 30 seconds

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I just felt the ground rigorously shaking all of a sudden.  It lasted for a few seconds (maybe 20 secs?) and then stopped.

Witness location : Lakewood (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 903 min

Loud bang!

Witness location : Jamesburg (USA) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

It started abruptly and could hear it for appx 20 seconds, then it tapered off. Event occurred at 0200 EDT

Witness location : Middletown (USA) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Woke me up...Felt like a big tree fell down

Witness location : Middletown (USA) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Heard it before we felt it.  Sounded like a huge truck going down the street.  Whole house shook for about five to ten seconds.

Witness location : Middletown (USA) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 70 min

Woke me up.heard a rumbling & shaking. Lasted a couple of seconds.

Witness location : Monroe Twp (USA) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke us from middle-of-the-night sleep, budgies were startled in their cage, knocked over a couple of photos, Approx 2:00am EDT

Witness location : Roosevelt (USA) (20 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

I woke up to a loud sound followed by rumbling and shaking under my bed. Everyone woke up including the dog. I thought a car hit the garage.

Witness location : Keyport (USA) (20 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It was short , but felt like a huge truck drove by vibrating house

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (20 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 47 min

it felt like the house was shaking. Woke me up. Past real quick though.Very scarry

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (20 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

house shook

Witness location : Old Bridge (USA) (20 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

woke me up at 2am  felt like a truck hit the house

Witness location : Keyport (USA) (20 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Fairly intense for about 5 seconds.  Like a bomb went off in the distance and shook house

Witness location : Aberdeen Twp (USA) (20 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

My daughter felt it too, came running to my room ask me what was that did you feel it?

Witness location : East Windsor Twp (USA) (21 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

It woke me up, sounded like someone ran through my house loudly.

Witness location : Fair Haven (USA) (22 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

House rumbled, dogs barked after sounds like a very large truck driving by at high speed

Witness location : Union Beach (USA) (22 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69 min

I woke up before it happened, my house shook and there was exposures at the end. I thought I was dreaming, Union Beach NJ

Witness location : Spring Lake Heights (USA) (22 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

I felt the shaking at about 2:01 am.  Felt like a slight rumble passed through the house.

Witness location : South River (USA) (22 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

I heard it happening first. I seriously thought something terrible like an atomic weapon exploded somewhere. The sound was like the rolling shockwave of an atomic blast and then everything started shaking and several things fell. I ran to the window to look for signs of an explosion.

Witness location : South Amboy (USA) (22 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Felt in Sayreville, NJ

Witness location : East Brunswick (USA) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

It woke me up

Witness location : East Brunswick (USA) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Whole house shook for several seconds at 2am. Initially thought it may have been a low flying aircraft or helicopter, but none in the area.

Witness location : East Brunswick (USA) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

super loud, shook the whole house and woke up those who were sleeping

Witness location : Middletown Twp (USA) (23 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Monmouth county. Not Clarke.

Witness location : South River (USA) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Happened around 02:00hrs. House was shaking, dishes rattled. Lasted for a few seconds.

Witness location : Parlin (USA) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

I heard loud rumble. Dog freaked out and started barking. I was confused. Awake at 2am

Witness location : East Brunswick (USA) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

just felt my house shake in E Brunswick NJ

Witness location : South Amboy (USA) (24 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Low rumble and 20 seconds of shaking

Witness location : South Amboy (USA) (24 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Woke up at 2 am to low rumbling sound and items shaking on night stand.

Witness location : Atlantic Highlands (USA) (25 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

I was sound asleep and was awoken from the strong shaking and sounds of items moving.

Witness location : Sayreville (USA) (25 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

2:00am whole house shook for about 10-20 seconds accompanied by a loud steady boom. I almost thought it was thunder if not for the house shaking.

Witness location : Princeton Meadows (USA) (28 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 596 min

Heard a large boom like an explosion or sonar boom. Slight shake of the house with no damage

Witness location : Upper Freehold Twp (USA) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Heard rumbling and my dogs started barking

Witness location : Allentown (USA) (29 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 81 min

Heard a loud BOOM & my whole house shook! Very scary...sounded like a bomb!! :(

Witness location : Plainsboro (USA) (30 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I was in the bathroom and felt huge shock underneath the floor with big sound. It was just once but realized the earthquake shook the house.

Witness location : Edison (USA) (31 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

My whole house and bed shook !!!  Nothing fell except my heart!!!

Witness location : West Windsor (USA) (32 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

I woke up at 2:00 am for no reason, then felt the earthuake rumble through at 2:02 am while laying in bed. Just felt the rumble, no damage

Witness location : Staten Island (USA) (32 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 76 min

Slight rattling in basement of house

Witness location : Princeton Junction (USA) (32 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

On the second floor of my house, I felt a very low frequency rumbling that built over about 15 or 20 seconds, peaked with my bathroom window rattling and vibration in the floor, then subsided over the next few seconds. The occurred about 2:00am EST.

Witness location : New Egypt (USA) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

It felt as if it were a pretty small earthquake, but enough for me to wake up and realize what was happening.

Witness location : Staten Island (USA) (32 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Heard bang that woke me out of sleep. Dog came to bedside frightened. Shaking for about 45 seconds.

Witness location : New York (USA) (33 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Heard a distant rumbling quickly coming lose and felt the earthquake like a wave that quickly passed horizontally through my bed.

Witness location : Kingston (USA) (34 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 155 min

Was awake in bed trying to fall asleep, felt no shake, rattle or roll but heard a loud noise outside which sounded like a big and loud truck driving by the house.

Witness location : Hamilton Twp (USA) (35 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

fekt it around 2 am, room shook and woke me up from sleep

Witness location : Staten Island (USA) (35 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt Rumble and sound like heavy truck or train was coming through

Witness location : Princeton (USA) (36 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Woke me up at 2am

Witness location : Groveville (USA) (37 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

My bed on my second floor shook for quite a bit.

Witness location : Lawrence Twp (USA) (41 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 349 min

Ii was sleeping alll the sudden I felt house is vibrating it was less than a min. But it was a clear and strong vibration I can say.

Witness location : Trenton (USA) (41 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 203 min

It woke me at 2am. The house was rumbling and shaking. I thought it felt and sounded like something hit the house

Witness location : Hillsborough Twp (USA) (42 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

My dog starting parking when i get up i Gear the loud mouse like a train was comino and shake for scout 3 seconds.

Witness location : Trenton (USA) (44 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Light shaking but a very loud noice (like a very big truck next to my bedroom door)

Witness location : Rockaway Point (USA) (44 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 245 min

Felt the house shake once as if someone had hit the house foundation. I was on my couch reading and felt it, my husband was in the bed and felt it move.

Witness location : Staten Island (USA) (45 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I heard a noise on my windowpane and felt a rumble for about 2 or 3 seconds.

Witness location : Columbus (USA) (47 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt the house shaking

Witness location : Bayonne (USA) (48 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 582 min

This quake woke me up in Bayonne, NJ. It was a sudden jolt and rumble. I thought it was a dream or someone breaking in nearby. I went back to sleep unsure of what happened. Im positive that I felt this quake and it's what woke me up. Very positive of it.

Witness location : Brooklyn (USA) (53 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

At around 2:00am, I felt the bed beneath me shake for about three seconds.

Witness location : Brooklyn (USA) (53 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

I've been in two other minor quakes which felt like there was a thrust then swaying. This one felt like there was a far away explosion. I thought there was a gas accident miles away. I live in Brooklyn.

Witness location : Borough of Far Hills (USA) (54 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 260 min

House shook for a few seconds as if a big truck or helicopter was passing through but it was noticeable that it wasn’t either

Witness location : Brooklyn (USA) (54 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

I didn’t feel it as much as I heard it. It sounded like a train was coming by on the street.

Witness location : Hulmeville (USA) (55 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Laying in bed on the second floor bedroom and felt the bed shake a little and my wife not I was moving! Levittown, PA 19056

Witness location : Howard Beach (USA) (56 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

No lasting effects. Furniture was rattling and bed jolted.

Witness location : Belleville (USA) (60 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1320 min

Bed shook

Witness location : Delanco (USA) (67 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt a distinct minor quake in Philadelphia shortly after 2am.

Witness location : Wayne (USA) (74 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Sounded like something fell!

Witness location : Fort Covington (USA) (74 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Not in particular, sorry!

Witness location : Eddystone (USA) (156 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 46 min

Was awakened just after 2am by what (in my half-dream state) sounded like a thunder rumbling or bang. Initially thought it was a dream.