Earthquake, aftershocks shake New York, New Jersey

-(engine revs) >>> AND RIGHT NOW AN EARTHQUAKE SHAKES THE NORTHEAST AS WE ARE STILL FEELING AFTERSHOCKS THAT DAMAGED THE EPIC CENTER NEAR NEW JERSEY AND THE CLEANUP EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >>> AND SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR, AND I KIND OF FELT THE RUMBLE. >>

PEOPLE ARE SHARING THEIR STORIES. MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME FEELING THE GROUND BENEATH THEM SHAKE. >>> GOOD EVENING, I’M MAURICE DUBOIS. THIS 4.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE THAT HIT THIS MORNING WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ON THE EAST COAST IN THE LAST CENTURY. AND IN JUST THE PAST FEW HOURS,

AFTERSHOCKS WERE REPORTED ACROSS OUR AREA. THE QUAKE IS BEING BLAMED FROM EVERYTHING FROM CRACKS IN PAVEMENT TO WATER MAIN BREAKS AND MORE. TONIGHT WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE IMPACT AND CLEANUP EFFORTS. IN NEWARK TONIGHT, MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF

THE QUAKE. AUTHORITIES SAY THEIR BUILDINGS ARE COMPROMISED. CBS2 LORI BORDONARO IS LIVE IN NEWARK WITH THE VERY LATEST. LORI? >> Reporter: MAURICE, THAT EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THESE THREE HOMES BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS, WHICH IS NOW TORN ART PA. THE RESIDENTS WHO

LIVE HERE ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO SLEEP ELSEWHERE TONIGHT. SOME OF THEM STILL SHAKEN. >> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. >> Reporter: KARINA CRUZ JOLTED OUT OF BED BY AN UNEXPECTED EARTHQUAKE. WHEN

SHE RAN OUTSIDE, HER HOME ON 7th STREET HAD SHIFTED. THE ROOF NOW DAMAGED. >> MANY PEOPLE

WOULD COME HERE SAYING WE WERE SUPPOSE TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE, THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: THE TWO MULTI-FAMILY HOMES NEXT DOOR DEEMED UNSAFE AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY THE FOUNDATIONS MAY HAVE SHIFTED FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. BUILDING INSPECTORS MARKING THE THREE HOMES WITH RED STICKERS. PAUL CARY FORCED

TO LEAVE WITH HIS TWO CATS. >> I HEARD THE RUMBLE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE. I FIGURED SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE OUTSIDE. >> Reporter: 23 ADULTS AND CHILDREN SLEEPING OUTSIDE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES. >> IT’S BEEN TEN YEARS ALREADY. ONLY THIS ONE IS VERY HARD. I

FEEL LIKE I’M SHAKING, YOU KNOW? >> Reporter: HE FELT AN EARTHQUAKE IN PUERTO RICO A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT NEVER EXPECTED ONE IN NEW JERSEY. >> THAT ONE IS 6.3. THIS ONE IS ALMOST THE SAME. AND THEN YOU HEAR LIKE THE NOISE. >> A SOUND THAT RATTLED NERVES

ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AND BEYOND. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AIRPLANE WHERE I WOULD DIE. >> Reporter: THANKFULLY NO INJURIES HERE, BUT AGAIN IT’S NOT CLEAR WHEN OR IF THESE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME. LIVE IN NEWARK, LORI BORDONARO, CBS2 NEWS. >>> THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED

IN NEW JERSEY RIGHT ALONG THE SLOAN SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO FELT THE STRONGEST TREMORS. >> Reporter: THE EARTHQUAKE WITH THE EPIC CENTER HERE IN READINGTON, NEW JERSEY, AND AN AFTERSHOCK JUST 20 MINUTES FROM WHERE WE’RE STANDING, RATTLED A LOT OF NERVES ACROSS NEW JERSEY. >> STANDING AT THE

KITCHEN SINK. AND I WAS ON THE PHONE. AND IT SOUNDED LIKE TEN FREIGHT TRAINS. AND THEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE. >> AND WE FELT A RUMBLE. AND IT WILL BE MORE INTENSE. >> Reporter: THIS FATHER HAVING TO EXPLAIN TO HIS DAUGHTER WHAT FELT LIKE SOMETHING MOVING HIS HOME.

>> THESE THINGS HAPPEN, AND EVERYBODY IS SAFE AND IT IS ALL PART OF WHAT EARTH IS DOING. IT THINGS MOVE. >> SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. >> Reporter: A STORE OWNER SHAKEN BY THE 4.8 EARTHQUAKE DURING HER INSTAGRAM LIVE STREAM. IN READINGTON, THE EPIC CENTER OF THE QUAKE, A

TREE CRASHING DOWN ON ROOSEVELT ROAD RIGHT AFTER THE JOLT. EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDING TO A GAS LEAK. AS WE WERE WRAPPING UP OUR LIVE SHOT, THE EARTH SHAKING AGAIN. THERE IT WAS AN AFTERSHOCK AND WE WERE STANDING RIGHT HERE ON THE ROAD IN READINGTON. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US. SHE WAS JUST RIGHT NEXT TO US IN THE STORE, WHICH IS 258 MAIN. WHAT DID YOU HEAR? HAIR, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT THAT RUMBLE AGAIN. IT WASN’T AS BAD AS THAT FIRST RUMBLE, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY AN AFTERSHOCK. >> Reporter: MOST OF

THE DAMAGE IN THE TOWNSHIP AT THIS HISTORICAL SITE. THE UPPER PORTION BUILT IN 1760 COLLAPSING. >> THIS PROPERTY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WE RECENTLY SECURED SOME GRANTS TO CLEAN UP AND RESTORE THIS PROPERTY AND ANTICIPATION OF THE 250-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY. THAT WORK WAS

COMPLETED. NOW WE’LL NEED TO SWITCH GEARS. >> Reporter: THERE ARE NO EARTHQUAKE, THE STRONGEST THE AREA HAS FELT IN YEARS. IN READINGTON, NEW JERSEY, CHRISTINE SLOAN, CBS2 NEWS. >>> AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY COULD FEEL THE RUMBLE OF THE GROUND. CBS2 DAVE CARLIN SPOKE TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT

IT WAS LIKE. >> Reporter: HERE IN MANHATTAN WHEN THE GROUND STARTED TO THE VIBRATION FELT HERE. >> I WAS HOME ON 57th STREET. I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRUCK FROM OUTSIDE. >> Reporter: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE? >> WHEN I GOT THE ALERT. >> I

WAS SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR. >> I WAS IN THE CHAIR GETTING A HAIRCUT WHEN I FELT THE GUN SHAKING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRAIN. I HAD ONE LIKE TEN YEARS AGO, A MINOR ONE. >> HOW DID THAT FEEL? >> THIS ONE WAS MUCH STRONGER.

>> MY GIRLFRIEND WOKE ME UP. I FELT THE BED SHAKING. AND SO I WAS LIKE IT IS PROBABLY AN EARTHQUAKE AND I WENT RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP. IT IS MY DAY OFF, SO I NEEDED TO SLEEP. >> I JUST FELT EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO WORK. WHEN I LOOKED

AT MY PHONE, I THOUGHT THE TRAINS WERE NOT GOING TO BE ACTUAL EARTHQUAKE AND IT WASN’T AND EVERYBODY WAS DOING THEIR THING. >> EVERYONE SAID DID YOU FEEL IT? DID YOU FEEL IT? I FELT EVERYTHING. I FELT THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO COME DOWN. I WAS NOT A

RIPPLE, NOTHING. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE IN QUEENS A FEW YEARS AGO AND I FELT THAT. I WAS IN MY KITCHEN AND I FELT IT WAS TINY, TINY. I >> Reporter: NOT FEELING THE EARTHQUAKE AT ALL. SOME CALL THAT A GOOD THING. DAVE CARLIN, CBS2 NEWS. >>>

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