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).

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the 3.0 magnitude earthquake occurred as the result of “faulting at shallow depths of the crust.”

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook New Jersey and New York late Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the earthquake was centered around Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.