After Friday's earthquake, New Jersey "will get aftershocks from days to weeks, even months after this. It'll all be in the same area, just at lower magnitudes," said Gates, of Rutgers University.

As of 2023, there were $250 million in direct premiums written for earthquake coverage in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York, less than 5% of the overall U.S. market, according to A.M. Best.

Live updates: Earthquake centered in Hunterdon County rocks tristate area “I grew up in Tewksbury, about a mile from where the epicenter was, and my dad said back in the '80s that we live on a ...

At the epicenter, the earthquake sounded like a 'freight train' Oldwick, NJ -- April 5, 2024 -- The epicenter of a 4.8 earthquake was located in Hunterdon County. Here is Oldwick, the closest town ...

High Bridge, NJ -- April 11, 2024 -- Assistant Professor of Structural Geology Folarin 'Fola' Kolawole and his staff from the Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory does fieldwork ...

The ground continues to shake after Friday’s 4.8-magnitude earthquake and likely will continue to do so for some time. At least 29 aftershocks were recorded in the Garden State since the rare ...

Major earthquakes are rare and do not crack the ground surface in New Jersey but are more likely in the northern part of the state where fault lines are concentrated, according to the NJ ...

Students in a Greenwich middle school had to be relocated after cracks developed following a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in New Jersey. Central Middle School was evacuated after the earthquake, which ...

What to Know. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Hunterdon County, New Jersey, at 10:23 a.m. Friday -- and it reverberated across the entire tri-state area; there have been no reports of damaged buildings ...

The measurements would help them create a three-dimensional representation of the cracks’ orientation and dip, to see if they lined up with one of the larger planes or faults in New Jersey’s ...

New Jersey's history with earthquakes goes back more than 240 years. 0 Comments Share this. ... It caused minor cracks in plaster and brick masonry in homes in all three states.

Many went into the field to gather clues about the geology beneath New Jersey, including the ancient Ramapo Fault system. NJ earthquake shook local geologists into action, sending them to ...