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Residents Across Montgomery County Feel Earthquake
"Thought it was a truck going by," one local resident said. The epicenter was in northern New Jersey and impacted communities up to Boston.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Residents around Montgomery County felt their homes shake on Friday morning as an unusual earthquake struck in northern New Jersey.
The earthquake's epicenter was Whitehouse Station, about 60 miles northeast of center city Philadelphia, and 50 miles southwest of downtown Manhattan.
The US Geological Survey reports that the earthquake was a magnitude 4.8, and was felt as far north as communities around Boston.
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"Thought it was a truck going by," one resident in Royersford said.
"It was noisy too, rumbling," a Valley Forge resident said.
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No damage has been reported to the Montgomery County area. And while some schools in New Jersey were locked down, schools in the local area largely kept to their standard schedules.
Authorities in Upper Merion and around the county are asking residents to not call 911 unless there is an actual emergency.
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