A mild 2.2 magnitude earthquake was confirmed just outside of New York City around 2 a.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The quake was recorded in Westchester County, New York, around the Hastings-On-Hudson and Yonkers area, according to the USGS, an uncommon occurrence in nation’s most populated metro area.
Hastings-On-Hudson is a small village less than 20 miles north of Manhattan.
Major earthquakes are rare in the New York City area. The last shake to measure a magnitude of 5.0 or more in the region was an 1884 earthquake that toppled chimneys, according to Columbia University.
Twitter users react
Some residents of the tri-state area took to Twitter to react.
Natalie Pasquarella of NBC News tweeted that she woke up to a “huge rumble” in Bergen County, New Jersey, and that her house shook.
“Anyone else felt new york having an earthquake??” another user wrote.
Contributing: Joshua Jongsma, NorthJersey.com
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