New York, vicinity hit by rare earthquake, no major damage reported

A wide area of the northeastern U.S. coast, including New York City, was rocked by a rare strong earthquake Friday, but it had only limited impacts on transportation and daily life.The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 occurred at a depth of 4.7 kilometers in Lebanon, New Jersey, at 10:23 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was felt for a span of seconds across the area, including in high rises in Manhattan, some 70 km from the focus."This is one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast to occur in the last century," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporte…READ FULL ARTICLE