New Jersey
Home prices spiked 11% in this N.J. county. See county-by-county list.
Home values increased in every New Jersey county in January compared to the year prior with one county seeing an 11% jump from a year earlier, according to the latest figures from Zillow.
Mercer and Camden counties both had at least 10% increases in home values since January 2023. Hudson County saw the smallest increase at 3.71%.
The most expensive home prices were in Cape May, Bergen, Monmouth and Morris counties, which all had typical home values of at least $600,000 in January.
New Jersey
2.9 magnitude earthquake shakes New Jersey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake shook New Jersey on Saturday morning. The temblor was recorded at 9:49 a.m. with an epicenter near Gladstone in Somerset County, located about 50 miles from New York City, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Officials with New Jersey’s Office of Emergency Management said they had not received any reports of damage to roads or other infrastructure on Saturday.
The quake came three weeks after a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the region and was felt across New York City. The seismic event lasted less than a minute but was among the largest earthquakes in the region’s recorded history.
That quake didn’t result in any structural damage or injuries, but caused visible shaking in the city, temporarily disrupted travel and led Newark to evacuate some residents from their homes due to potential damage.
Seismologists previously warned of potential aftershocks in the region after the initial quake on April 5, and USGS officials deployed five “aftershock kits” in New Jersey to monitor seismic activity. The agency has recorded at least 50 aftershocks ranging from magnitude 1.3 to 3.8 since the April 5 quake.
Jessica Thompson Jobe, a research geologist with the USGS, said in an earlier press release that although the area has no active fault lines, there are older inactive lines that date back millions of years.
“Under the current stresses of tectonic plates moving, those faults can be intermittently reactivated,” Jobe said in a release.
New Jersey
Earthquake recorded in New Jersey, but likely not felt by many this time. Here’s why.
GLADSTONE, N.J. — A small earthquake was recorded in New Jersey on Saturday, but it likely was not felt by many, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded at 9:49 a.m. near Gladstone, Somerset County.
Based on early data on the USGS’s website, the earthquake caused light shaking, but was not strong enough to cause any damage.
A much stronger 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook communities across New York, New Jersey and the Northeast just over three weeks ago on April 5.
It was centered in Readington Township, New Jersey, which is only about 15 miles southeast of Gladstone, and was one of the strongest East Coast earthquakes in a century.
The earthquake led to dozens of aftershocks over the following week.
So far, there has been no information linking Saturday’s earthquake to the one on April 5.
Earthquakes are rare in the New York-New Jersey area, but there are several small fault lines under Manhattan and a major fault in New Jersey, called the Ramapo Fault.
This is a developing story. Check for updates.
New Jersey
Former AZ Cards player Korey Cunningham found dead in his New Jersey home at 28
CLIFTON, NJ — Korey Cunningham, an offensive lineman who played for three NFL teams during a five-year career, has died. He was 28.
Police said Cunningham was found dead Thursday in his Clifton, New Jersey, home. Officers had gone to the home after a family member reported they could not contact Cunningham.
The cause of death remains under investigation. Police said there was no evidence of foul play.
Cunningham, who played at the University of Cincinnati, was a seventh-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2018. After one season in Arizona, he then spent parts of two seasons with the New England Patriots.
He joined the New York Giants in 2021, and was with the team for two years.
Cunningham did not play in the NFL in 2023.
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