New Yorkers keep their cool after rare earthquake: ‘Definitely weird’

The city's famously hardboiled residents reported a wide range of feelings to a phenomenon more often associated with California

• New York City shakes as 4.8 magnitude earthquake hits US north-east

The earthquake that struck the New York metropolitan area and the surrounding region on Friday morning left some New Yorkers shaken by the rare event but many others were unfazed - or even failed to notice it happened at all.

The quake struck at around 10.23am ET, according to the US Geological Survey. Centered in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, at a magnitude of 4.8, the earthquake's tremors were felt across the tri-state area including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Residents in Massachusetts and Maryland also reported feeling shaking.