A light earthquake that shook the New York City area Friday morning resulted in no initial reports of damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 4.8 earthquake happened at 10:23 a.m. Friday, one mile from Tewksbury, New Jersey.

A dispatcher with the Monroe County 911 center said that residents were calling into the county to report the situation.

“It’s all over the news; it started in New Jersey,” the dispatcher said. “We’re getting lot of calls on it, nothing too serious.”

Staff in Walnutport, Palmerton, Brodheadsville, Nesquehoning and Easton reported glasses in cupboards shaking. Some reported a rumbling through the house.

The tremor was felt throughout various homes in the Times News coverage area, as multiple people posted on Facebook that they felt their homes shake.

Kris Porter, who resides in Tatamy, Northampton County, which is about 25 miles as the crow flies from Tewksbury (32 miles by road), shared her experience.

“It sounded like the beginning rumble of thunder, and I thought it was thunder at first but I didn’t see any storm clouds,” Porter said. “As the rumble got louder, I could feel it shake my house. My cat stood up and looked around, so I knew this was really happening.

“I could hear glasses in my cabinets rattle, but it didn’t get worse than that so I felt fairly safe. It just kept going, and I kept thinking this should be done by now. Finally, it stopped. In reality it was probably only about 45 seconds to a minute, but it just felt like it was taking a long time to stop.”

Patricia Ingles of Walnutport said the glass in her China cabinet shook for 25 seconds. “It was scary. It was very confused. I told myself “Earthquakes don’t happen here,” she said.

Melanie Moyer, who resides on South Second Street in Lehighton, posted that she didn’t realize what happened until her husband called her from work to ask if she felt the earthquake.

“I thought I was losing my mind,” Moyer said. “The floors were vibrating and making a weird humming noise. It started in the front and moved through the house.

“It lasted for like 20-30 seconds it felt like. Definitely long enough for me to be concerned of what was going on. It was the weirdest thing I ever experienced in my house.”

Tess Smale, who lives on Fireline Road in Palmerton, said she, too, felt the vibration.

“I was sitting here working, felt my house shake, and I thought ‘what is going on’, and I got up, went out in the kitchen, and I could hear my dishes rattling in the cupboard,” Smale said. “Just like that it was over and done with.

“Both my dogs slept right through it. I talked to my son down on Columbia and he said he felt it too.”

The Fire Department of New York said there were no initial reports of damage.

In midtown Manhatten, the usual cacophony of traffic grew louder as motorists blared their horns on momentarily shuddering streets. Some Brooklyn residents heard a booming sound and their building shaking. In an apartment house in Manhatten’s East Village, a resident from more earthquake-prone California calmed nervous neighbors.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul posted on X that her team was assessing impacts and any possible damage.