Earthquake centered near New York City rattles the Northeast

metropolitan area Friday morning, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region unaccustomed to it.

In midtown Manhattan, the usual cacophony of traffic grew louder as motorists blared their horns on momentarily shuddering streets. Some Brooklyn residents heard a booming sound and their building shaking. In an apartment house in Manhattan’s East Village, a resident from more earthquake-prone California calmed nervous neighbors.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said key infrastructure in New York state is being assessed for potential damage. So far, no damage has been reported on bridges and tunnels as well as at the defunct nuclear plant Indian Point on the Hudson River in Westchester County. “It’s been a very unsettling day to say the least,” she said. “Right now it’s most important we have our structural engineering teams surveying our bridges, our roads, any area where there could be a fault line not readily visible.”

“New Yorkers should go about their normal day,” Adams said. “First responders are working to make sure the city is safe, and one thing we do so well in our city is bring together all of the agencies that are involved and our partners.” The shaking stirred memories of the Aug. 23, 2011, earthquake that jolted tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada. Registering magnitude 5.8, it was the strongest quake to hit the East Coast since World War II. The epicenter was in Virginia.

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