Another small earthquake hits northern New Jersey – NBC10 Philadelphia
By: | Published: 2025-08-05 18:04:00 | Source: www.nbcphiladelphia.com
For the second time this month, a small earthquake hit the New Jersey area, according to preliminary information from the United States Geological Survey.
The USGS reports the epicenter of an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 was registered two kilometers southwest of Hillsdale in Bergen County on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
The earthquake comes only a few days after a small earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 hit the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights on Saturday, Aug. 2, less than eight miles west of Central Park in New York City, at a depth of about 6.2 miles. It was felt fairly widely in northern parts of the state, southern New York and even in southern Connecticut.
How frequent are earthquakes in the New York area?
The area feels an earthquake about once…
