Earthquake in New Jersey
Breaking news! Yesterday around 10:00pm, there was an earthquake in northern New Jersey. New Jersey!!! Usually we get earthequakes on the other side of the country. But and earthequake in New Jersey? This is unlikely. This particular earthquake had the preliminary magnitude of 3.0. If at all New Jersey gets an earthequake, the magnitude is usually at around 2.0. Toni Dellamonica, a dispatcher for the Rockaway Township Police Department, called the earthquake a "rolling rumble". some people compared it to a "bomb", some to a "thump". Fortunatly, the earthquake didn't damage anything nor did it injure anyone. We are thenkful for that.
I was surprised when I first herd of the earthquake. I know people who've experienced earthquakes like this, but they were in the earthquake zone. Earthquakes do happen in the New Jersey area, but not very often.
A version of this article appeared in print on February 3, 2009, on page A25 of the New York edition.
