Magnitude 4.8 earthquake and aftershock hits New York area and grounds flights

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook residents in the greater New York City on Friday morning, impacting trains and flights as officials assessed for any damages.

Residents were further rattled by an aftershock that followed later that day, reportedly causing rumbling from Pennsylvania to New York to New Jersey.

In preliminary information, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a 4.0 earthquake around 5pm local time [2200 GMT], centred 7km (4.3 miles) southwest of Gladstone, New Jersey. That’s less than a 20 minute drive northwest of the epicenter of the 4.8-magnitude earthquake from earlier that morning.