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A magnitude 2.2, the USGS said, it was centered near the Hastings-on-Hudson and Yonkers border, about 18 miles north of midtown Manhattan, and was felt by people around 1:53 a.m. Friday, May 19.
An interactive map of the earthquake by the USGS is available here and in the image above.
There were no reports of damage.
The USGS received a report of someone feeling the quake as far away as Northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the city of Danbury.
Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or less rank sixth on a six-level scale of earthquakes and are “not usually felt, but may be recorded by a seismograph,” according to the earthquake magnitude scale.
Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 to 5.4 rank fifth on the Richter scale and are characterized as “often felt, but cause only minor damage.”
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