CALIFON, N.J. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A 2.2 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New Jersey early Wednesday—the latest trembler to hit the state after a 4.8 magnitude quake in April rattled the entire region.
Wednesday’s quake was centered in the town of Califon in Hunterdon County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It struck around 1:44 a.m. at a depth of about 2.9 miles, officials said.
More than 50 people reported feeling the tremor. Most of them were in New Jersey, though there were several reports from Brooklyn, according to the USGS website.
There have been dozens of smaller aftershocks in New Jersey since the big one hit on April 5, also in Hunterdon County.
No injuries or damage were immediately reported Wednesday.
A USGS spokesperson said the quake was most likely an aftershock from April's earthquake, given its location.
"Aftershock sequences can be long-lived, often lasting for months and sometimes years," the spokesperson said. "It would not be surprising to see more small events like this during the remainder of the year."
"There is always a very small chance that these could be a foreshock to a larger, damaging earthquake, but the chances of that are extremely small," the spokesperson added, noting there have only been two such foreshocks in the eastern U.S. in the past 400 years.