Did you feel your house shake Friday morning? According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake hit New Jersey and its impact was felt throughout the East Coast, including Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York.
Officials said the 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit Hunterdon County, New Jersey, at 10:23 a.m. ET.
The shaking didn't last long, but the earthquake was felt in Philadelphia, the surrounding suburbs, and parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and New York.
People flocked outside or to social media to find out what happened and share their experiences.
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NBC10's Yukare Nakayama spoke with Mark, an employee at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia about his experience when the earthquake hit.
"I was sitting at my desk and just saw my monitor shake back and forth," said Mark. "And a bunch of other people on the floor got up, and we all said, 'Did you feel that? Did you feel that?' And we were all like it must have been an earthquake or something. We couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was. Then we saw the alert come through on our phones."
"I was really scared, like, is Jesus coming back? Maybe, " a shaken-up woman in Philadelphia told NBC10.
On the other hand, some people didn't feel the qauke. NBC10's Deanna Durante spoke some vendors inside a Flourtown flower market and some people said they didn't feel a thing.
"I was driving, I just thought it was the bass of the music. I didn't realize," one woman said.
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