for free visit otter.ai, ai or download the app. >> i'll rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn cnn breaking news >> i'm wolf blitzer, the cnn newsroom, and we're following breaking news out of new york right now of four only eight, four magnitude earthquake rattling the tri-state area just a few moments ago, initial reports indicate there shaking was felt in new york, and new jersey donna philadelphia, as well as washington, dc, where i am right now, the nypd says no damages or injuries have been reported, but only happened a few moments ago, new york's governor, kathy hochul says, her team is assessing the impact and the new jersey governor phil murphy says he's activated the state's emergency operations center, cnn, as of course, covering the story from all angles, i want to go to our meteorologist elisa raffa. she's over at the cia weather center for us. so at least walk us through what we know so far >> yeah. well, i mean, i know that new yorkers are quite shaken both figuratively and literally by this earthquake. we know it was a 4.8 magnitude earthquake with that epicenter in central new jersey. it was a hello earthquake, which is why so many people were able to feel the shaking. looking at some numbers, at least 23 million people felt light shaking 300,000 people felt some of that moderate shaking. so i know from people in new york that they had things that were shaking on shelves and getting tossed around in trust rhino people that were driving on the roads and felt it while we were driving in the heart of new york city. now, this area is not really prone to earthquakes, we don't really have a big seismic fault or anything on the east coast here, it's not like what we've been talking about in taiwan. that's seven point magnitude earthquake that sits in an area that's prone to very large earthquakes on the ring of fire, or it's not even like california. also another spot that is prone to earthquakes sitting on multiple foot-wide. this is an area that doesn't really get earthquakes like this. so quite, again, literate and figuratively really shakes people in this area because four magnitude is significant on that scale. again, mount many people feeling that shaking. so again, it is a shower, which is why people were able to feel the shaking that happened at about 10:20 this morning. many reports of that, and i know from family and friends, i'm from new york, so always photo call some family and friends that, you know, things were kind of shaking and toppling in the city. no reports of damage and an earthquake of this scale could maybe do some isolated damage. but again, it's not the kind of scale and scope that we were talking about earlier this week in taiwan. again they think it just kind of mostly figuratively shake z the emotions and rattles people because this is an area where you wouldn't expect to get earthquakes, you wouldn't really expect that at all. >> so if >> we can continue to show some of the maps that we have here, if we can kind of click through we can show where we've got some when the shaking and what some of those impacts might be. 4.8 magnitude would be very light on the impacts that would be light on the damage. here's a look at the population again, like i said, that center right there in new jersey, but you can see that it stretches over into long island. we had reports of people filling feeling it down towards villi up into connecticut just spreading with some of that shaking a lot of it again, pretty weak, but, you know, at least some of those people did feel some of the stronger shaking as well, and some of these impacts again, could be on the wider side for something like this. but, you not in an area. this is just an area that's just not, you who's to it. we just don't really see this type of shaking or this type of impact here on this part of the east coast, right? so again, this is the population that felt that earthquake four magnitude in the center there of new jersey being felt across the tri-state area. and it just really rad those people. there because they just don't get things like this there. wolff >> yeah, it's very, very scary. i remember a few years ago when we had an earthquake here in washington, dc and it was very frightening for all of us. we were in a high high floor, but we could feel it. i didn't feel anything this time, but friends of mine are are texting me right now washington dc area in maryland and virginia. they felt it as well. so we're watching this very closely. i want to go to cnn national corresponding gloria pazmino. she's joining me on the phone right now. she's in queens, new york. what was it like where you are? gloria so, wolfe, i have to tell you, i've lived in new york city, my whole life. never have. i experienced what we just did shortly before ten 30 this morning. i was about to leave the apartment and suddenly everything started shaking. i could feel the floor was shaking. i could hear the dishes and my cabinets were rattling initially, i thought there was a big truck driving down my street. i live in a old prewar building, second floor apartment. and sometimes when heavy vehicles go down the road the apartment and dutch shake a little bit but i have to say after the first five, six seconds, it became pretty clear. it was an earthquake. you mentioned the earthquake we felt in this area several years ago that felt like it was a lot shorter and not as strong as this last one. and we've been hearing from people on the air. this is just an area of the country where we are not used to feeling this kind of thing. so it is extremely sort of jarring and shocking when you feel it i could feel the floor shaking underneath my feet. i get here my neighbors upstairs that were coming down the stairs and heading up to the streets because for a moment there wasn't sure if it was safe. i can hear the neighbors asking each other if they were okay. but we should say that as of the last few minutes, we have heard from the fire department here in new york. they did receive reports of shaking buildings and they are responding to calls to evaluate structure stability. so far there have been no major incidents here in the new york city area yet, but they're perfect continuing to monitor. it was a a few seconds. we'll of wondering what was going on. nothing. have i i had never felt anything like it in my years of living here in new york there are various standby. the mayor of new york, eric, eric adams, his office just posted >> this on social media. new york city just felt the impacts of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter of lebanon, new jersey, new york city's mayor is being brief. this is from the office of the mayor. while we do not have any reports of major impacts that this time we are still assessing the impact. so there are bracing for a lot more. and gloria, i know you're still with us, so let's talk a little bit about the great fear once there's an earthquake, is that there will also be aftershocks which could be very very damaging as well. so far, you felt the earthquake, but you haven't felt in the aftershocks have yet >> i have not. now, when and the mayor's aides have also put out a tweet advising people that the possibility of aftershocks that they're possible and not to panic and what to do if we were to feel an aftershock. i have not felt anything since since shortly before ten 30, which is when we felt first selfie earthquake. so we'll see, hopefully we don't feel that again because it was quite unpleasant but you know, as you said, this is just not an area where we're used to this kind of thing. i know our friends in the west coast and in california are used to this. but new york city is not a place that is built for this kind of thing not a place that is used to feel playing this. so i do think it's scary for people. and there is concern, you know, new york being a very old city with a lot of aging infrastructure. again, i want to be clear so far. no reports of any damage or any injuries or anything like that? but i am sure that it does because churn people considering that this is not a place that is either used or equipped for this kind of, of, of a phenomenon >> and we're showing gloria, our viewers a map on the left part of the screen. and you can see the epicenter to the west of new york city in london but in new jersey, not too far away, but that's why it was felt the jersey area, new york city area obviously connecticut as well, was also felt down here in washington, dc in the area including maryland, as well. so we're watching this. no reports of structural damage or any serious problems, least not yet. but it's very, very early. it just happened a few moments ago, cnn's polo sandoval is in new york for us right now. paula, what are you seeing? what are you hearing? how did it feel >> well if you're on the streets of new york speaking to folks on the sidewalk and reaction is a bit make some people certainly felt it while others i just spoke to a couple of visiting from mexico city is certainly no stranger to this checking. they didn't really feel a thing about 30, 35 minutes ago when this event took place here, some preliminary numbers from the us geological survey here tells you really paints a clearer picture of the potential impact she are in terms of the number of people that likely affected this this earthquake earlier this morning, according to preliminary preliminary report, some roughly 23 million people people lightly experienced some light shaking about 300,000 moderate shaking, and about 9,000 people likely experience it's been described by usgs as stroke on shaky. this is all based on some of those preliminary reports right now that preliminary information that indicates that this was a 4.7 magnitude earthquake that rocked the region earlier this morning. but a key takeaway right now, wolfe in terms of what's happening on the streets of new york, it is relatively businesses as usual, right now though people are certainly buzzing about the events that took place earlier today. but the main point that we're getting right now from new york city officials, as you just reiterated and send it our colleague gloria, is it? there are no injuries to report at this time. also, know any signs of damage, but you'll speaking to friends and loved ones in the area, they certainly felt it. i know that my wife felt it and she lives here in new york city. and so there's certainly a concern about aftershocks. so we haven't been or felt any indication of that. the mayor's office recommending that should that take place or putting out some guidance for residents and it's important for people to either the drop to the floor for a cover their head and neck and then take additional cover under heavy furniture, should that take place? but again, at this point, it seems that that event that took place at about 10:30. and here are the streets of new york. it is business as usual, but you ask him about the earthquake and there's certainly ready to talk about it >> certainly is pretty scary stuff. indeed, standby, paula, we're going to get back you as well. i want to bring in susan hough right now. she's a seismologist with the us geological survey, susan. thank you very much for joining us. give us some context right now. first of all, what can you tell us about this, this 4.8 earthquake? >> well so the estimate now is 4.7. it might vary a little bit. it is obviously it not a usual event. it's not unheard of that >> and the >> west coast of north america, you have an active plate boundary, you have the san andreas fault and we know that's an active with quake zone on the east coast the continent and the ocean are glued together. you don't have an active plate boundary, but you do have stress and we have had moderately large earthquakes and damaging earthquakes up and down the atlantic seaboard in charleston, south carolina in 18, 86 in virginia in 2011, and quebec in 1989. so they do happen going back to the 1700s and 1800s, there were earthquakes close to magnitude five near new york city so we've just had one of these infrequent events. we don't 4.7, we don't expect to be large enough to cause damage it's just not that big, but it is strong enough as people have been describing to be strongly felt. >> and you say 4.7 because we had heard good upgraded to 4.8, but the latest information you're getting, susan aza was a 4.7 magnitude your information may be more up-to-date than than mine. is that the estimates between 0.1 that they're going to change a little bit as the data are looked at more closely. >> should folks out there, because it's been felt not only in new york, but in connecticut and new jersey including down here in washington, dc, in suburban maryland folks have felt it should people be worried right now about aftershocks? >> sure. that's a great question and we earthquakes in the east were felt farther than the same size was quake in the west because of the nature of the earth's crust is different in the two places. so it's typical that people have felt this one so widely. yes. aftershocks are always possible in magnitude three-ish would be expected those would probably be felt more in the local area. there is always a small chance that an earthquake is going to be followed by something bigger within a few days, typically those odds are low and it may be one in 20 or one and 100. but they're not zero. so we know that that is a remote possibility. >> susan, what does it say to you that the epicenter we're now told is in lebanon, new jersey, west of new york city right? doubts it's right in the central new jersey, but west of new york and we're showing it on a map right now. >> yeah. if you look at where earthquakes have struck the mineral virginia, as we call it earthquake in 2011, it wasn't directly along the coast, it was into virginia little bit so there are stresses along the atlantic seaboard because you have continental crust sort of glue to oceanic crust and you've got things going on geologically. but it's not like a localized san andreas fault where we know where the earthquakes are going to fall. you have zone of stress so it's not surprising to see earthquakes within that broader zone >> susan half we will stay in close touch with you. thank you very much for your expertise. >> thanks >> to our viewers. we're getting some incredible new video just in out of new jersey showing the earthquake. watch this >> doesn't seem so >> incredible this video. but it's people running out. you can see that inside people clearly feeling this earthquake. you can see the shaking. this is inside a coffee shop in bouton in new jersey. i want to bring in cnn's pete muntean he's here with us in washington, dc, and i know there's already been an impact as far as air travel is concerned at the major airports in new york, including down here in washington, right? >> that's right. well, you know, the thing is he can't feel an earthquake in the air, although passengers are definitely feeling the impact of it right now, ground stops still in place per the faa at newark and at jfk until half past the hour, 11, 30 eastern daylight time, the faa has tweeted out a statement saying that this is a rapidly evolving situation. then they say that there's 4.8 magnitude earthquake in new jersey may impact some air traffic facilities, new york, new jersey, philadelphia, and baltimore. we do know now that philadelphia and baltimore had been removed from the ground step list air traffic operations resuming as quickly as possible. so we're continuing to follow this genie cifar of the faa says that crews there at newark and at jfk still need to inspect the runways. are greg wallace listening to air traffic control audio is that's coming in in real time. he says crews from the port authority of new york have inspected the runway. they're at newark. it seems like some flights are departing right now. but some flights are having to be diverted that we're bound to new york. remember new york is sitting on the move, never sleeps and the thing here is the impact on the infrastructure in new york, those in california made short all about this but new york is very much a bridged and underground city. and so new jersey transit is treating out that all of the lines on the new jersey transit system are being held by about 20 minutes, right now because of inspections that need to take place at bridges to put this into context for you after the 2011 earthquake here in washington, dc, there were a lot of things that were damaged. the national cathedral was damaged. the washington monument was damaged and close for a fairly long period of time. so this is not over just yet. and inspectors, those at the travel that at the travel space will need to make sure that things are all clear so that the one one-and-a-half million people who commute to new york every day can continue to do that safely and successfully. we're just seeing the impacts. now. there's rapidly evolving situation, wealth we see the impact that pete, as far as aviation is concerned into the major airports in this area. but give us an update as far as you know, >> what about the trains, the acela, the amtrak trains? are they being held up as well? we >> know there is an impact on the northeast corridor from new jersey transit. nothing specific just yet from amtrak there are a lot of tunnels and there are a lot of bridges that the trail system in the new york area relies on. that is so critical. so we're waiting to hear a little bit more from amtrak about this. we're also waiting to hear from the port authority about this. the latest from the nypd transit chief is that there was no specific damage it's reported just yet to infrastructure in new york, although of course it'll take a little bit of time to assess that as the crews are able to get out there and truly lay eyes on a lot of this stuff. it's usually just a visual inspection that they need to do to make sure that things are okay? >> yeah. pete muntean, we'll stay very close touch with you the ramifications of this earthquake could be very, very serious down the road. we'll watch it all together with you. thank you very much. we're going to take a quick break. we'll have much more and all the breaking earthquake coverage in new york and the area here in the northeast there right after this this suis, but kaitlan collins tonight at nine >> hey, also, i just don't want to the experience app because i wanted to check my fico score, but it does so much more. this thing shows you your fico score. you can get your credit card recommendations and it shows you ways to save money do so, much more than get your fico score, download the experian app now, yeah, your worst nightmare, your car broke down. now you worried if it's going to cost you a fortune and repair bills and less you already called car. she'll the logit number one, auto protection company in the country. when you're protected with a plan to car, she'll the process is smooth, like guise and done in as little as three steps one first the tow truck takes your car to the shop. the cost of jhoan covered when you got to plan through car, she'll next you probably need to get around while you're vehicles being repaired, right? 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