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Remember the Earthquake That Hit New York in 2024? Scientists Finally Found the Source - Gizmodo

By Ellyn Lapointe

This unusual quake took tens of millions of people by surprise, and now we know where it came from.

On April 5, 2024, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Tewksbury, New Jersey. The shaking took an estimated 42 million people from Virginia to Maine by surprisethe East Coast certainly isn’t known for i… [+3311 chars]

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Remember the Earthquake That Hit New York in 2024? Scientists Finally Found the Source - Gizmodo

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