When’s the next big one for New Jersey? State gets 9 minor earthquakes in 3 weeks Dan Alexander Published: August 14, 2025 Earthquake shows locations of 9 earthquakes in NJ since July 21 (USGS)

☑️ New Jersey has had 9 earthquakes over the past two weeks

☑️ Is NJ on track for 'the big one?'

☑️ The number of earthquakes had slowed down since 2024

It has been an active three weeks in New Jersey with nine minor earthquakes in two weeks. Is this setting the state up for something bigger?

Kenneth Miller, a geologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers, said the Aug. 5 magnitude 2.7 earthquake in Hillsdale was likely an aftershock of the Aug. 2 earthquake in Hasbrouck Heights . They both took place on the Ramapo Fault, which runs from Rockland County i

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