“You are making the ground shake”, rare earthquake jolts New York City

NEW YORK CITY: A rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the New York City on Friday at 10:20 am local time.

According to the United States Geological Surgery (USGS), the earthquake occurred almost 4.7 kilometres (km) underground. The epicenter of the quake was near New Jersey, almost 64 km from the New York City.

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In an official address, the state governor Kathy Hochul stated that the authorities are assessing the situation for potential damage, especially in the face of aftershocks.

Meanwhile, the city’s mayor Eric Adams reassured the citizens to go about their day, while authorities worked to ensure everything “was safe”.

Earthquakes in the region are rare. As per USGS, an inactive fault-line formed millions of years ago was suddenly ‘reactivated’. The organisation also warned of a potential 5 magnitude aftershock in the coming days.

So far no casualties have been reported. However, flights bound for the city were diverted to other locations.

“You are making the ground shake”

Meanwhile, in a funny turn of events, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of “Save the Children Fund” had to cut short her briefing when the earthquake jolted the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) headquarters in New York City.

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The Save the Children Foundation president was briefing the UNSC on the situation in Gaza when the quake hit the UNSC headquarters.

When the president questioned if that were an earthquake, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour responded with a witty “You are making the ground shake”.

The president continued her briefing once the building stopped shaking.