AN EARTHQUAKE has rattled Dover in Delaware on east coast of the USA with people in Philadelphia, Washington and New York reporting shaking.

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits east coast of USA

The earthquake rattled Philadelphia and registered a magnitude of 4.6, according to earthquake detector website CSEM-EMSC. It was earlier recorded at 5.1.
Citizens from major cities including Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC, Baltimore and Atlantic City recorded shaking.
The quake hit Dover in Delaware, about 50 miles from Philadelphia at around 4.47pm local time (9.47pm GMT) yesterday. It hit at a shallow depth of less than five miles.
The whole house was shaking
Bridgeton resident
Testimonies flooded in to CSEM EMSC from civilians shaken up by the earthquake.CSEM-EMSC estimated 20 million people live in the 'felt area', where shaking was felt in the earthquake.
One person in Bridgeton said: “The whole house was shaking.”
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An earthquake has rattled the east coast of America
Another person in Middletown said: “It felt and sounded like very deep thunder. It was scary to say the least.”
A third in Broomall said: "Dog freaked out! We thought the wind was shaking the house but then realized there was no wind.
"We were feeling the shake and hearing a rumble. Lasted about 20 seconds."
Philadelphia earthquakeCSEM
The earthquake was felt by thousands of people, many of whom sent in testimonies to CSEM
One person even said they thought "a vehicle had hit the building at first".Many people reported their pets acting unsettled by the earthquake.
One said: “Dogs barked as soon as it started.”
 
Another said: “Dog freaked out! We thought the wind was shaking the house but then realised there was no wind. We were feeling the shake and hearing a rumble. Lasted about 20 seconds.”
A third said: “The dog acted weird and went outside through the doggie door. And then 5 minutes later the earthquake happened for about 10 seconds. Felt like a train was going past the house.”