Breaking!! 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes North Eastern US

By Pamela Eboh

4.7 magnitude earthquake Friday morning shook the North Eastern United States. Areas affected include, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, among others

According to CNN, residents said they heard dishes, windows, others rattling, and things falling off the shelf.

A video shown on the TV network showed people walking out of a coffee shop in the early hours (10:30am) of the morning when glasses kept on the tables started shaking.

It said that epic center was reported near Lebanon

However, authorities have said that there was no damage, no lifr lost or affected, except for flight delays.

Meanwhile the US Geologicsl survey has described the earthquake as a light, shallow quake with a Depth of 5km/2.9 mi.

New York is not an area of US prone for earthquake.

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