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Did you are feeling it? A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook New Jersey and New York late Saturday night time. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the earthquake was centered round Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. If the earthquake triggered recollections of final yr’s massive shake there are some key variations. Final yr’s earthquake centered close to Tewksbury, New Jersey, was a magnitude 4.8. That is nearly 20 occasions stronger than Saturday night time’s earthquake. The Richter scales will increase by an element of ten, so a 4.0 is 10 occasions stronger than a magnitude 3.0. The epicenter of the Tewksbury quake was…

A mom and son have been arrested in connection to the stabbing dying of a younger girl discovered within the Bronx final week, in accordance with the NYPD. The mom, Nadia Jorge, had been arrested proper after the July 22 slaying of 21-year-old Princesa Encarnacion-Soto. Police had been referred to as to an condo constructing off Grand Concourse for stories of an assault. The 21-year-old was discovered with a number of stab wounds throughout her physique, police stated, and was taken to a close-by hospital the place she was finally pronounced lifeless. Encarnacion-Soto’s boyfriend, and Jorge’s son, Robert Strother, was…