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New York City skyline and USGS Epicenter map.
The New York City skyline and the US Geological Survey's epicenter map.
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The FAA issued ground stops at JFK and EWR following an earthquake.
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Whoa! Did you feel that? It was an earthquake with an epicenter in northern New Jersey, and it set off a flurry on social media Friday morning. The quake was centered about 20 miles west of North Plainfield and occurred at about 10:23 a.m. ET according to a European seismological center.

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Rescue operations were underway after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake killed nine people and injured at least 963 in Taiwan. It's the strongest to hit Taiwan since 1999.

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side-by-side of Taipei skyscraper and massive spherical tuned mass damper
The Taipei 101 skyscraper (left) and the tuned mass damper inside it (right).
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Firefighters search for survivors in the rubble of a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan on April 3, 2024.
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Soldiers clear the debris in Chenjia Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023.
Soldiers clear the debris in Chenjia Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023.