These were the six earthquakes reported by the USGS on Monday, July 21: Prior to Monday’s earthquakes, New Jersey had only two small tremors reported this year, including a 2.4 magnitude quake that jolted the northern New Jersey region near New York City. That quake was centered about 1 mile east-southeast of Paramus in Bergen County.

A minor earthquake rattled parts of North Jersey Monday morning, July 21. The magnitude 1.6 quake struck at 5:40 a.m. local time about 3 kilometers west of Morris Plains, NJ, the USGS said. The tremor occurred at a shallow depth of 5 kilometers (roughly 3 miles),