No damage was reported from the magnitude 2.7 quake near Hillsdale.

HILLSDALE, N.J. — A second small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area on Tuesday within several days of another.

A small earthquake rocked parts of New Jersey on Tuesday — the second to be felt in the region in just a matter of days.

A 2.7 magnitude earthquake shook near Hillsdale, New Jersey, on Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It happened at 12:11 p.m. about 7.7 miles deep and just 1.25 miles southwest of ...

News 12 spoke with a professor in the geosciences Department at Stony Brook University and residents in Pearl River about the earthquake.

Another small earthquake appears to have been felt by a large number of people in the New York City region, according to posts on social media.

The earthquake struck at 12:11 p.m. Tuesday with an epicenter near Hillsdale, N.J., roughly 20 miles from Manhattan. At 7.7 miles deep, the quake is considered shallow, according to the USGS.

A 2.7-magnitude earthquake reportedly struck New Jersey, just outside of NYC, on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological ...