Six minor earthquakes shook one New Jersey county in a single day — rattling residents as the ground beneath them wouldn’t stay still.
Morris County became the epicenter of hysteria Monday as the series of quakes — ranging from a magnitude 0.7 to 2.0 — rocked the Randolph area five times and nearby Mendham once in the roughly 17-hour span, according to the US Geological Survey.“There was just this loud boom,” one resident recalled to News 12 New Jersey.
“It wasn’t a tree hit, it was a loud boom.”
The seismic activity kicked off with a 1.6 magnitude quake at 5:40 a.m., followed hours later by a 1.3 magnitude tremor at 2:26 p.m., according to the USGS.
A 0.7 magnitude earthquake then shook Mendham at 5:51 p.m., before the Randolph area was hit by back-to-back tremors — a 1.2 at 8:19 p.m. and a stronger 2.0 at 9 p.m.
“The couch basically jumped while I was watching TV,” another homeowner told the outlet.
“When the dog reacts I always feel like there’s something going on.”
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