An earthquake centered in New Jersey and felt throughout the New York Metropolis area on Friday disrupted air and rail journey, with floor stoppages at airports within the New York Metropolis space and delays in prepare service. 

Journey operations had been halted Friday morning with floor stoppages at John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport in Queens and at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport in Newark, New Jersey, with crews working to renew regular air site visitors operations. 

The earthquake, which occurred at roughly 10:20 a.m. E.T., had both a 4.7 or 4.8 magnitude and was centered close to Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, 40 miles west of New York Metropolis,  in keeping with america Geological Survey.

Newark airport is experiencing common departure delays of 43 minutes, in keeping with flight monitoring web site FlightAware. Inbound plane which can be already airborne are delayed by about an hour. Inbound flights that haven’t but taken off are being held till 12:30 p.m., in keeping with the location.  

Flights out and in of LaGuardia airport in Queens had been additionally delayed, seemingly to ensure that airport workers to examine for injury to the airport and runways and clear away any particles. 

The bottom stoppages and delays usually are not anticipated to final lengthy. 

Moreover, New Jersey Transit stated it is experiencing as much as 20-minute delays throughout its whole rail service system, in each instructions. NJ Transit said it is inspecting a bridge for injury to make sure prepare journey is secure. 

—CBS Information’ Kris Van Cleave contributed reporting.