New Jersey has been rattled by more than TWO HUNDRED earthquakes in three months

It's not known for being a hotspot for earthquakes. 

But New Jersey has been rattled by much than 200 tremors successful nan past 3 months.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) detected a 2.2-magnitude tremor Wednesday astatine astir 1:44am ET.

The aftershock was astir 7 miles from nan epicenter of April's earthquake, which was felt hundreds of miles distant successful awesome cities for illustration New York City and Baltimore, Maryland.

It marks nan 202nd earthquake since nan awesome 4.8-magnitude deed nan authorities connected April 5 and shook skyscrapers crossed NYC's celebrated skyline.

The hundreds of aftershocks are owed to nan rocks readjusting themselves pursuing nan awesome 1 successful nan spring.

'Felt different earthquake astatine 1:45 americium successful New Jersey. Heard an detonation tsunami approaching nan house, followed by my location rattling for 30 seconds,' 1 New Jersian shared connected X.

However, not each residents felt nan crushed shaking owed to really insignificant it was.

An appraisal from Michigan Tech University showed that group typically do not consciousness quakes pinch a magnitude of 2.5 aliases less.

Those from 2.5 to 5.4 are often felt but only origin insignificant damage.

And buildings and different structures tin acquisition harm erstwhile a 5.5 to 6.0 strikes.

The USGS noted that aftershocks typically go little predominant pinch time, ' though they tin proceed for days, week, months aliases moreover years for a very ample mainshock.' 

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said nan April 5th earthquake was 'one of nan largest connected nan East Coast to hap successful nan past century.' 

The past largest to deed New Jersey was a 5.3-magnitude successful 1738.

People successful Baltimore, Philadelphia, Connecticut and different areas of nan Northeast reported shaking. Tremors lasting for astir 20 seconds were felt complete 200 miles distant adjacent nan Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.  

Social media users person shared posts astir nan earthquake, besides felt successful New Jersey, Virginia and Philadelphia.

In a video from a New Jersey home, a canine sits up suddenly, seconds earlier nan rooms shakes violently pinch belongings falling over.

And Boonton Coffee shared a video of their shop shaking earlier customers fled outside.

A barbershop camera caught nan infinitesimal an earthquake shook nan shop a customer grabbed their young boy lifted him into nan aerial and carried him outside.

By April 15, location were astatine slightest 15 aftershocks detected successful nan state. 

The 'epicenter' successful Tewksbury sits connected nan Ramapo Fault, nan longest strategy of cracks successful nan Northeast, which formed 400 cardinal years agone - overmuch older than California's 28-million-year-old San Andreas. 

A responsibility statement is simply a spot wherever location is simply a agelong break successful nan stone that forms nan aboveground of nan world and wherever earthquakes are much apt to happen. 

The strategy spans from upstate New York, done New Jersey and down into Pennsylvania - and experts person agelong believed it has nan imaginable to nutrient a awesome seismic event. 

Kenneth Miller, a professor astatine Rutgers University, told DailyMail.com successful a erstwhile question and reply that nan Ramapo Fault was created erstwhile continents first started pushing together hundreds of millions of years ago.

'[The system] reactivated 200 cardinal years ago, causing astir 4 miles of movement,' he explained.

'It past stopped astir 198 cardinal years agone erstwhile nan Atlantic Ocean formed.

The responsibility nexus continued pinch activity, but has since slowed down to insignificant movements.

'A 6- to 7-maginitude earthquake is imaginable [for New Jersey], but seems very unlikely, said Miller, while explaining nan Ramapo Fault statement does not trigger thing supra a magnitude 3 connected average.