An earthquake shook skyscrapers and buildings in New York for a few seconds. The quake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, was also recorded in Philadelphia and Boston. There should be no damage. Students in many schools were removed from classrooms for safety reasons. During the earthquake that shook New York, the effects were also felt at the UN headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The work of the Security Council, meeting to address the situation in Gaza, stopped for a few seconds, and then resumed. The cell phones of diplomats present at the UN Security Council rang due to the earthquake alert launched by the electronic service in the New York area. The alert urged residents to stay indoors and call 911 if anyone is injured. After a moment of disorientation, the work of the Security Council resumed. A pause occurred when the tremor, which lasted a few seconds, had been felt a few minutes earlier.
And after the tremor, the electronic earthquake alarm on the residents’ cell phones rang while the Russian representative to the UN Security Council, Vasily Nebenzya, was speaking. Everyone stopped, then the current president, Vanessa Frazier, representative of Malta, intervened and played down the situation, commenting: “Oh, my god, so many things are happening this morning”, before giving the floor back to the Russian ambassador. The work, focused on the analysis of the conflict in Gaza, continued regularly. Newark International Airport in New Jersey reopened during the day. Planes heading to the American airport were delayed by 45 minutes. During the earthquake, the control tower staff had been evacuated and the air traffic controllers moved to a nearby structure.
“New Yorkers need to carry on as if it were a normal day.” Mayor Eric Adams said this after the 4.7 magnitude earthquake felt in the city and which shook the upper floors of the buildings. Adams said there were no reports of damage to infrastructure, and no injuries were reported.