MID-HUDSON – The ground shook and it sounded like a freight trade rumbling through the Mid-Hudson Valley minutes before 9:30 a.m. on Friday.
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York recorded a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that originated in Lebanon, New Jersey.
It was felt in much of the northeast.
It sounded like a train rumbling through the Town of Wallkill while the ground shook in Warwick and Bethel.
At the Sullivan County Animal Shelter, the dogs began to bark, according to a volunteer worker.
There were no reports of injuries or damage from the incident.
Sullivan County Director of Communications Dan Hust said they “definitely felt a rumble” but no reports of damage. “Our 911 dispatchers have received a number of calls from people wondering what was going on.”
He said it is a “rare reminder that we actually do live above a seismically active region,” he said.
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