Numerous New Jersey residents took to social media early Friday afternoon, reporting loud booms, rattling and shaking from an earthquake.

PARAMUS, N.J. --An earthquake shook part of Paramus, New Jersey on Friday. Initial reports from the U.S. Geological Survey indicate a 2.4 magnitude quake in Bergen County hit shortly before 1:30 p ...

a 2.4 earthquake struck in Bergen County, shaking part of Paramus. Earthquakes are considered relatively rare in the New York-New Jersey area. However, a number of small fault lines run under ...

The 1.8-magnitude quake originated about 7 kilometers from Gladstone at a depth of roughly 8 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It struck at 8:23 a.m. Cartographer Mitch Adelson said ...

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Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency for Morris County ... the Bergen Record. There were also multiple strong earthquakes last spring, although Bechtel said the sinkholes in New Jersey ...

Chronic flooding has long been a problem in New Jersey. Last year, Bergen County was ranked the second most at-risk county ...