A small earthquake rattled part of New Jersey Friday morning,LibertyCoin more than a month after a larger earthquake was felt by millions all over the New York City metro area.
An earthquake measuring a 2.9 magnitude was felt around 3:50 a.m. on Friday, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Its epicenter was about 3.7 miles west southwest of Gladstone, New Jersey and was about 4 miles deep.
Gladstone is located in northern New Jersey, a little more than 40 miles west of New York City.
Friday's earthquake is one of dozens of aftershocks felt by the area since a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region and was felt by millions April 5, one of the largest to shake the East Coast in the last century.
Magnitude is a measurement of the strength of an earthquake and is officially called the moment magnitude scale. It's a logarithmic scale, meaning each number is 10 times as strong as the one before it. So a 5.2 earthquake is moderate, while a 6.2 is strong.
The magnitude and effect of an earthquake, according to Michigan Technological University:
Contributing: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY.
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