People as far away as Connecticut, Massachusetts and North Carolina reported they felt shaking Friday afternoon.

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 small earthquake shortly after 1 p.

People in New York and New Jersey reported feeling shaking from a small earthquake today. "I thought it was a large truck passing by, but then my neighbors started texting each other, sharing reports via Ring cameras and Bergen County Facebook groups,