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an earthquake has hit the us state of newjersey rattling buildings in nearby new york city. the us geological survey said the quake was a magic tutor of 4.8. the earthquake was centred in lebanon, newjersey. there are no reports of major damage but social media users reported feeling the tremors from as far away as philadelphia up to new york city. —— magnitude of 4.8. earthquakes are rare on the us east coast. let's show you this moment which captures the earthquake. it is the feed from the earthquake. it is the feed from the un security council. they were hearing from the president of save the children at the time. let's listen in. ~ ., , ., listen in. women stood in line for three hours _ listen in. women stood in line for three hours to _ listen in. women stood in line for three hours to make _ listen in. women stood in line for three hours to make use - listen in. women stood in line for three hours to make use of- listen in. women stood in line for three hours to make use of it. - three hours to make use of it. schools normally form a spine of protection for children, a place for children to see humanitarian services abnormality. —— humanitarian services and normality. was that an earthquake?- was that an earthquake? yeah. you are making — was that an earthquake? yeah. you are making the _ was that an earthquake? yeah. you are making the ground - was that an earthquake? yeah. you are making the ground shake. | you are making the ground shake. education — you are making the ground shake. education is, in many ways... madam president, am iok to continue? education is in many ways life—saving... is education is in many ways life-saving. . ._ education is in many ways life-savinu... , ., ., ~ education is in many ways life-savinu... , ., .,~ life-saving. .. is the earthquake was felt there as — life-saving. .. is the earthquake was felt there as the _ life-saving. .. is the earthquake was felt there as the un _ life-saving. .. is the earthquake was felt there as the un was _ life-saving. .. is the earthquake was felt there as the un was in - life-saving. .. is the earthquake was felt there as the un was in session. | felt there as the un was in session. we have just had an update from the white house on that earthquake, saying the president has been briefed on the earthquake which had its epicentre in newjersey. he is in touch with his team who are monitoring potential impacts. the white house is in touch with, state and local officials as we learn more and local officials as we learn more and we have heard from the federal airport authority in new york which is saying that departures to newark airport which is of course in new jersey but serves a lot of people travelling internationally and domestically to new york city. newark airport is in newjersey. they are saying that departures are grounded until 1230 eastern, so that's 430 here. i'm not sure if they are due to restart imminently but some flights have been granted as a result of the earthquake. let's find out more on the situation on the ground. bbcjournalist marvin is currently on holiday in new york and he, like many other people, were surprised by the earthquake which he felt over breakfast. marvin, always good to talk to you. this time in new york, not in london with the team. tell us how you felt the earthquake?— team. tell us how you felt the earthauake? ., �* . , ., earthquake? hello. i'm currently on hohda earthquake? hello. i'm currently on holida in earthquake? hello. i'm currently on holiday in new _ earthquake? hello. i'm currently on holiday in new york— earthquake? hello. i'm currently on holiday in new york at _ earthquake? hello. i'm currently on holiday in new york at this - earthquake? hello. i'm currently on holiday in new york at this very - holiday in new york at this very busy junction holiday in new york at this very busyjunction in union square. so basically, earlierthis busyjunction in union square. so basically, earlier this morning i was sitting in my room in brooklyn and while i was having breakfast whole house started to shake. it was quite a scary feeling for a moment. ijust didn't know quite a scary feeling for a moment. i just didn't know at the start whether it was the subway i was feeling, or it was a proper earthquake. the moment the house started to shake, i had to go and hide under the desk in front of me or run outside, so i had that kind of moment where i was a bit frozen and didn't know what to do. but when i left the house and was making my way into central manhattan today, i didn't see any damage or anything. it wasjust like, there didn't see any damage or anything. it was just like, there were a couple of people outside who asked me if i felt it. it was quite scary. but you know, there hasn't been any damage or any injuries around. his damage or any in'uries around. no but damage or any injuries around. no but there is some impact on this as we were reporting just then, marvin, departures to newark airport in new jersey have been grounded. i got my time differences wrong. so actually it's another hour before flights are expected to resume from newark airport. we're also hearing that flights jfk will also airport. we're also hearing that flightsjfk will also grounded and that was while runways were being inspected for damage. what more can you tell us about the other disruptions that this might of course, even if it hasn't caused significant physical damage, marvin? as i said, as i was travelling into manhattan, into the city centre, i didn't see any report of damage or any disruption to the subway network. the one thing i can tell you is that while we were actually on the train, the emergency alert system went off. it went off on our phones. that normally indicates a warning when it comes to floods or big weather events. that was a bit delayed. so it came up to 20 minutes after. i'm still getting a sense of what happened actually. as i said, i left the house and i was travelling into the city centre and then it's just still, we are still determining here what is going on. ma just still, we are still determining here what is going on. ok, marvin. thank ou here what is going on. ok, marvin. thank you for— here what is going on. ok, marvin. thank you for sharing _ here what is going on. ok, marvin. thank you for sharing your - thank you for sharing your earthquake experience. we look forward to having you back in the newsroom soon. now we can speak to our correspondent in new york, michelle fleury. always good to talk to you as well. you have lived in new york for many years. have you ever felt an earthquake before? i have never experienced an earthquake before and certainly as a new york resident, a lot of people are used to the rumble of the truck passing ijy to the rumble of the truck passing by the windows, they might rattle, may be construction nearby. i think some people initially dismissed this, didn't trust their own kind of feelings. but others were quick to light up on social media and ask was that an earthquake we just felt? michelle, this is obviously caused a lot of transport disruption. just recap what we know about that. {line recap what we know about that. one ofthe recap what we know about that. one of the first recap what we know about that. iez of the first things we recap what we know about that. ©“ie: of the first things we have seen is emergency operations and workers kind of swinging into action. that means kind of checking that there isn't any damage. two major airports in this area, newjersey, talking about newark airport and in queens, jfk. both of those have ground stop. essentially people are checking if the runways are ok, checking if there has been any damage. we don't know how long that process will take. separately also the next thing will be roads, are the roads 0k? take. separately also the next thing will be roads, are the roads ok? we have just learned one of the major channels, the holland tunnel, a huge artery annexing and new york that is being cleared of any damage, so that can presumably reopen. as we just heard from marvin, we have heard confirmation that new york city's buses and trains are running as normal. it buses and trains are running as normal. , ., ., ,, ., normal. it is worth talking about the airports- _ normal. it is worth talking about the airports. even _ normal. it is worth talking about the airports. even if— normal. it is worth talking about the airports. even if you - normal. it is worth talking about the airports. even if you stop - the airports. even if you stop transport for even an hour, thousands of passengers will be disrupted. thousands of passengers will be disru ted. , .., , disrupted. this will cause huge disruption _ disrupted. this will cause huge disruption and _ disrupted. this will cause huge disruption and is _ disrupted. this will cause huge disruption and is not _ disrupted. this will cause huge disruption and is notjust - disrupted. this will cause huge disruption and is notjust those that are stuck, but remember, often these flights are connecting to somewhere else so there is a knock—on cascading effect created. i think they will be rushing to try and get these airports reopened as soon as possible but safety is a priority and we are waiting to hear updates shortly from, i think, first of all the new york governor kathy hochul and later on in the day eric adams, the new york city mayor. interesting to see the reaction from newjersey because we believe that's where the epicentre wasn't there you have new york governor phil murphy basically putting emergency operations centre immediately into action. �* . , operations centre immediately into action. �* ., ., action. and i was also reading here sa in: action. and i was also reading here saying that — action. and i was also reading here saying that friday's _ action. and i was also reading here saying that friday's tremors - saying that friday's tremors reminded some residents of the 2011 earthquake in virginia which also prompted evacuations in new york city, including at city hall. marvin talked about the mobile alert that he got on his phone. are there any other procedures in place? new york is a city of new york state isn't necessarily something you you're also now seeing lots of things, wejust had an you're also now seeing lots of things, we just had an announcement here in the building. everyone is going through the safety protocols, trying to work out what damage there is, and reporting that back. that is the sort of updates were going to get from public officials over the course of the coming hours, an update on whether or not there has been any significant damage. michelle, for the moment, thank you very much. if you want to stay across our coverage of the earthquake in new york, you can see live pictures of times square in new york there. next to that, you can see a qr code. if you put your mobile phone up, scan that code, it will take you to our live feed of our coverage of the us earthquake. just a reminder that presidentjoe biden had been briefed on the earthquake, the white house issued a statement not too long ago confirming the epicentre of the earthquake was in newjersey, and then said the president is in touch with his team, there are monitoring potential impacts. it says the white house is in touch with federal—state and local officials as well as we learn more. more information there. a 4.7, something 4.8, but a magnitude earthquake which has hit the north—east of america on friday morning. we understand that the epicentre was in the state of new jersey, but it also impacted people in new york, pennsylvania, and connecticut. let's ta ke let's take you live to a press conference from the governor of new york who is updating us on the earthquake. i york who is updating us on the earthquake-— york who is updating us on the earthquake. york who is updating us on the earthruake. , ., ~ ~ ., earthquake. i spoke to the mta to ensure the — earthquake. i spoke to the mta to ensure the structural _ earthquake. i spoke to the mta to ensure the structural integrity - earthquake. i spoke to the mta to ensure the structural integrity of l ensure the structural integrity of the subway system, the port authority, and i want to announce that right nowjfk and newark airports are on full ground stops to assess any potential for after effects and we have been in contact with the utility companies to make sure that the gas and electric services will continue. amtrak and mta are on full schedule, no disruption there at this time. in communication with the white house, they reached out to us, the deputy of homeland security who is with president biden surveying the damage in baltimore cold us and i believe they felt the effects even in baltimore, so it has been an unsettling day to say the least. the white house offered any assistance, senator chuck schumer reached out and offered any assistance. right now it is most important that we have our structural teens out there, our engineering teens surveying our bridges, roads, any area there could be a fault line that is not easily detectable to make sure that passengers on our rails as well as commuters are safe —— microstructural teams. as a single straight roads, the mingus is taking the lead on that to ensure the roads are safe. major transmission lines and dams because you don't always see the effects of a small crack that actually could develop into a real major problem. and we are encouraging all the municipalities throughout the state of new york to assess for any structural integrity concerns. at this point heading into an hour and a half after the effects, we have not identified any life threatening situations but we are certainly asking our local law enforcement and emergency services teams to be on guard for that as well. but again, we are going to be reviewing all potentially vulnerable infrastructure sites throughout the state of new york, that is critically important in the aftermath of an event like this. again, i have a few safety tips because new yorkers are not accustomed to having earthquakes in our state. accustomed to having earthquakes in ourstate. everyone accustomed to having earthquakes in our state. everyone should continue to take this seriously. if there is an aftershock, people are encouraged to drop and to cover and hold on, drop to the floor, cover your neck and hold on to something that is sturdy. take caution near any damaged buildings. again, we don't have reports of damaged buildings at this time. it is very early in the assessment process. but if there is an after effect, please stay away from buildings, especially high rises. if you hear shifting or any unusual noises, leave your home. go outside. you are safer there than in a building that could be crumbling around you. inspect your home for damage, check the walls, floors, doors, windows, staircases, and if you see any damage at all you may need to relocate while the event is going on. check your own gas lines and water lines to make sure that your family are safe. stay connected and informed. iwill say your family are safe. stay connected and informed. i will say this. especially with all the national news about what happened in taiwan with that deadly earthquake just this past week, i think there is a high of anxiety around earthquakes. as we will explain, it was a 7.4 magnitude in taiwan, we are 4.8 and they will explain the difference. that's why we will continue to take this very seriously and make sure we continue to update all new yorkers. catherine garcia, head of state operations, you will hear first and then_ operations, you will hear first and then head — operations, you will hear first and then head of homeland security jackie _ then head of homeland security jackie bray. thank you, governor. i want _ jackie bray. thank you, governor. i want to— jackie bray. thank you, governor. i want to reiterate we have no reports of damage _ want to reiterate we have no reports of damage at this time and immediately all of the infrastructure agencies activated their policies and procedures to deal— their policies and procedures to deal with— their policies and procedures to deal with this. , their policies and procedures to dealwith this. , so their policies and procedures to deal with this. , so 4.0 their policies and procedures to dealwith this. , so 4.0 is their policies and procedures to deal with this. , so 4.0 is ten tintes— deal with this. , so 4.0 is ten times easier than 5.0. so every one of those _ times easier than 5.0. so every one of those makes a significant difference in what you will experience and what the damage could be. experience and what the damage could he in _ experience and what the damage could be. in addition we are tracking whether— be. in addition we are tracking whether there is an increase in hospitalisations as well as whether there _ hospitalisations as well as whether there is_ hospitalisations as well as whether there is any increase in vehicle accidents— there is any increase in vehicle accidents that has not been reported at this— accidents that has not been reported at this time. thank you. not accidents that has not been reported at this time. thank you.— accidents that has not been reported at this time. thank you. not much to add about double. _ at this time. thank you. not much to add about double. but _ at this time. thank you. not much to add about double. but the _ at this time. thank you. not much to add about double. but the governor. add about double. but the governor and director— add about double. but the governor and director covered _ add about double. but the governor and director covered most- add about double. but the governor and director covered most of- add about double. but the governor and director covered most of it. - add about double. but the governor and director covered most of it. we| and director covered most 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