HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — A small earthquake in New Jersey rattled the New York City metropolitan area Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 3.0. It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights, less than 8 miles west of Central Park, at a depth of about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers).

Residents in New York and New Jersey were shaken — literally — late Saturday night by a minor earthquake. According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck Saturday night with its epicenter in eastern New Jersey, just north of Newark.