Numerous New Jersey residents took to social media early Friday afternoon, reporting loud booms, rattling and shaking from an earthquake.

A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the lower mantle, identifying instead 14 aftershocks linked to a metastable olivine wedge in the upper mantle.

After a minor earthquake shook Bergen County on Friday, officials gave updates and residents joked. Now they're watching for aftershocks.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the northern New Jersey region near New York City Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The agency, which tracks earthquakes across the world, reported the earthquake shortly after 1 p.m. centered about 1 kilometer east-southeast of Paramus in Bergen County.

What was that? If you felt a rumble near the Rockland County/New Jersey border, it may have not been a large truck. It was an earthquake.

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippines on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 7:39 a.m. Philippine time about 4 miles southeast of Liloan,

The United States Geological Survey confirms an earthquake happened in New Jersey today. The 2.4 earthquake was centered near Paramus, according to the USGS. The Glen Rock Police Department said it had no reports of damage at this time.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Paramus Friday afternoon, Jan. 24, the United States Geological Survey (SGS) confirms.The USGS says the origin was just east of Paramus at 1:02 p.m.Residents in North Jersey reported feeling a major

A small earthquake shook Bergen County, New Jersey early Friday afternoon. According to the USGS, a magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck near Paramus just after 1 p.m. Friday. The quake was at a depth of 4.

Some people living in downtown Madison have felt the ground shake and heard loud booms. This isn't because of an earthquake, but an ice quake.

The US Geological Survey recorded a tremor measuring a magnitude 2.4 on the Richter scale centered on Diane Place in Paramus around 1:02 p.m. The USGS received 350 reports of feeling the shaker from the immediate surrounding area.