Earthquake In New York 2025. After an unexpected magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled the new york city area, questions abound regarding how likely it is that a major earthquake could occur there and whether the city is. Even the chance of a comparable earthquake of magnitude 5 is only 3 percent over the next week and 8 percent over the next year.

New york — an earthquake shook the densely populated new york city metropolitan area friday morning, with residents across the northeast reporting rumbling in a. New york and new jersey were jolted by a 4.8 earthquake on friday morning, a rare occurrence in the region.