A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Hasbrouck Heights in New Jersey on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:18:52 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 02:18:52 / August 3, 2025 @ 2:18 am. Unique identifier: us6000qxsb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxsb. Exact location of event, longitude -74.0727 West, latitude 40.8648 North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from New York City (c. 8 175 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Brooklyn (c. 2 300 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Borough of Queens (c. 2 272 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Manhattan (c. 1 487 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from The Bronx (c. 1 385 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bethel, Stony Brook, Danbury.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 0 km NE of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.
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