Earthquake shakes New York City

The 4.8-magnitude quake interrupted a session of the UN Security Council

A UN Security Council session was interrupted on Friday after the world body’s headquarters in New York began to shake. The culprit was an earthquake under neighboring New Jersey, felt hundreds of kilometers away.

Residents of New York City and the surrounding areas took to social media in alarm as the ground beneath their feet began to tremble.

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