An 2.7 earthquake shook Hillsdale, N.J. Tuesday afternoon, the USGS said. It happened shortly after 12 p.m. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reported the ground rumbled in Ridgewood for about five seconds,

HILLSDALE, N.J. (AP) — A second small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area on Tuesday, days after the first. The 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck a little after noon near suburban Hillsdale, New Jersey, about 10 miles northwest of the Bronx in New York City, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A relatively small, 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Hillsdale in northern New Jersey, according to the US Geological Survey.