Some Marylanders reported feeling an earthquake Friday morning that was centered in New Jersey.The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded around 10:23 a.m. near Lebanon, New Jersey, at a specific location of 40.683N 74.753W. That’s about about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia.Marylanders from Pikesville and Owings Mills to Pasadena and Canton reported having felt shaking.No further information was immediately released. This report will be updated.While seismic activity is unusual in Maryland, several minor quakes have hit the state over the last decade.| LINK: How to prepare for an earthquakeMaryland last felt an earthquake in January when a 2.3-magnitude quake struck around 1 a.m. on Jan. 23 about 2 miles west of Rockville with a preliminary depth of about 9.5 miles.In February 2023, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Atlantic coast at the Maryland/Virginia border about 18 miles east of the shoreline with a depth of 11.2 km.In June 2021, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Maryland, centered just southeast of Woodlawn. Just days later, a 7-magnitude earthquake was felt in southwest Baltimore. In August 2021, a 2.1-magnitude earthquake shook parts of Howard County, where the epicenter was located in Clarksville.In August 2015, a 2.2-magnitude earthquake was reported near Crownsville.In August 2011, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was felt in the greater Baltimore area that caused more than $3 million worth of damage to the Baltimore Basilica in the form of more than 50 different cracks. There were similar stories all over the greater Baltimore area after bricks fell, cracks formed in foundations and objects fell off shelves.From the archives: Earthquake felt in Maryland in 2011
Some Marylanders reported feeling an earthquake Friday morning that was centered in New Jersey.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded around 10:23 a.m. near Lebanon, New Jersey, at a specific location of 40.683N 74.753W. That’s about about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia.
Marylanders from Pikesville and Owings Mills to Pasadena and Canton reported having felt shaking.
No further information was immediately released. This report will be updated.
While seismic activity is unusual in Maryland, several minor quakes have hit the state over the last decade.
| LINK: How to prepare for an earthquake
Maryland last felt an earthquake in January when a 2.3-magnitude quake struck around 1 a.m. on Jan. 23 about 2 miles west of Rockville with a preliminary depth of about 9.5 miles.
In February 2023, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Atlantic coast at the Maryland/Virginia border about 18 miles east of the shoreline with a depth of 11.2 km.
In June 2021, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Maryland, centered just southeast of Woodlawn. Just days later, a 7-magnitude earthquake was felt in southwest Baltimore. In August 2021, a 2.1-magnitude earthquake shook parts of Howard County, where the epicenter was located in Clarksville.
In August 2015, a 2.2-magnitude earthquake was reported near Crownsville.
In August 2011, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was felt in the greater Baltimore area that caused more than $3 million worth of damage to the Baltimore Basilica in the form of more than 50 different cracks. There were similar stories all over the greater Baltimore area after bricks fell, cracks formed in foundations and objects fell off shelves.
From the archives: Earthquake felt in Maryland in 2011