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New Jersey Earthquakes: Recent Quakes and the Largest on Record

New Jersey averages 1 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more a year (2016 to 2025), and the largest in the USGS catalog since 1900 is the M4.8 of April 5, 2024, the Tewksbury, New Jersey Earthquake.

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Earthquakes near Newark in the last 30 days

Every quake within 155 miles of Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, newest first. For your own address, enter a ZIP code.

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Magnitude
Reading the USGS earthquake catalog for magnitude 2.5 and up within 155 miles of Newark.

Live from the USGS earthquake catalog. Times are Eastern time; felt reports and the shaking level come from Did You Feel It? A new quake can take a few minutes to appear and its magnitude can be revised.

New Jersey by the numbers

USGS catalog, read October 10, 2026
1
Quakes of M2.5+ a year
the average, 2016 to 2025
33rd
Rank of 50 states
by quakes of M2.5+ a year
M4.8
Largest since 1900
April 5, 2024
0
M3+ in 2026
through October 10, 2026

New Jersey averages 1 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more a year, counting 10 from 2016 to 2025, which ranks it 33rd of the fifty states.

Since 1990

New Jersey earthquakes by year

The USGS catalog lists 7 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more in New Jersey from 1990 to 2025, the most in 2024 (2). 2016 to 2025: 4; 2006 to 2015: 0.

Magnitude 3 and up in New Jersey, 1990 to 2025; the tallest bar is 2. From the USGS catalog, read October 10, 2026.
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Since 1900

The 10 largest earthquakes in New Jersey

The largest earthquake in New Jersey in the USGS catalog since 1900 is the M4.8 of April 5, 2024, the Tewksbury, New Jersey Earthquake. The most recent of magnitude 4 or more was the M4.8 of April 5, 2024, the Tewksbury, New Jersey Earthquake.

  1. 1M4.8
    2024 Tewksbury, New Jersey EarthquakeApril 5, 2024, 1.6 mi (3 km) deep
  2. 2M3.8
    3 km SW of Whitehouse Station, New JerseyMarch 23, 1957, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  3. 3M3.8
    2 km ENE of Carneys Point, New JerseyFebruary 28, 1973, 8.7 mi (14 km) deep
  4. 4M3.7
    7 km WSW of Gladstone, New JerseyApril 5, 2024, 2.5 mi (4 km) deep
  5. 5M3.5
    1 km WNW of Marlboro, New JerseyJanuary 30, 1979, 3.1 mi (5 km) deep
  6. 6M3.2
    3 km W of Hancocks Bridge, New JerseyOctober 23, 1990, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  7. 7M3.1
    1 km WSW of North Bergen, New JerseyApril 13, 1976, less than 1 km deep
  8. 8M3.1
    5 km E of Bernardsville, New JerseyMarch 10, 1979, 1.9 mi (3 km) deep
  9. 9M3.1
    4 km WNW of Robertsville, New JerseyJanuary 9, 1992, 4.9 mi (8 km) deep
  10. 10M3.1
    4 km NNW of Milford, New JerseyAugust 26, 2003, 1.8 mi (3 km) deep

From the USGS ComCat catalog, every magnitude since 1900, read October 10, 2026. Each place links to the quake’s USGS page.

When it shakes

What to do in an earthquake

  1. 1

    Drop

    Drop where you are onto hands and knees.

  2. 2

    Cover

    Cover your head and neck with one arm and hand. If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, crawl underneath it for shelter. If no shelter is nearby, crawl next to an interior wall (away from windows). Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs.

  3. 3

    Hold On

    Hold until the shaking stops. If under shelter, hold on with one hand and be ready to move with it when the shelter moves. If not under shelter, hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands.

Ready.gov’s words, from Ready.gov: Earthquakes (updated Sep 9, 2026, read October 9, 2026). Practice it with The Great ShakeOut: Earthquake Drills.

A seismograph drum wrapped in paper with rows of ink traces, the pen drawing a new line as the drum turns
A seismogram being recorded by a seismograph at the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts. “Seismogram at Weston Observatory” by Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sources. The live list: the USGS FDSN event service. New Jersey’s counts and largest quakes: the USGS ComCat catalog, read October 10, 2026, counted inside the state’s Census boundary and within 150 km of its coast where USGS names the state. Newark: the state’s most populous city in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. Older years hold fewer small quakes because fewer instruments were listening.

Hero photograph: the San Andreas Fault across the Carrizo Plain. “Kluft-photo-Carrizo-Plain-Nov-2007-Img 0327” by Ikluft, CC BY-SA 4.0