Latest from earthquake's epicenter in New Jersey, NYC residents react and more

RIGHT NOW ON CBS2 AND STREAMING ON CBS NEWS NEW YORK. >>> RIGHT NOW AT 5:00, THAT EARTHQUAKE ROCKING THE TRI-STATE AREA. STREETS CRACKED, PICTURE FRAMES CAME OFF OF WALLS. PETS CONFUSED AND PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COVER. THE EPIC CENTER WAS IN NEW JERSEY, BUT IT WAS FELT FAR AND WIDE. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE STARTING RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, I'M MAURICE DUBOIS. >> I'M ALICE GAINER IN FOR KRISTINE JOHNSON. THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED AT 10:23 THIS MORNING. >> MORE THAN 42 MILLION PEOPLE COULD HAVE FELT SOME SORT OF SHAKING. THE IMPACT STRETCHED FROM MAINE TO WASHINGTON. WE HAVE SEEN VIDEOS, PETS BRINGING UP AN ALARM. A CAMERA SHAKING AT THE TOP OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND A WATER MAIN BREAK. LIKE A GEYSER. WATER SPEWING INTO THE AIR. >> THE EPIC CENTER OF THE EARTHQUAKE WAS IN WHITE HOUSE STATION IN REDDINGTON, NEW JERSEY. RIGHT NOW NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES, BUT SOME DAMAGE. WE'VE HAD THREE AFTERSHOCKS, BUT ALL MINOR. >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU. ALL OF OUR REPORTERS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE TRI-STATE FROM THE EPIC CENTER TO THE CITY. WESTCHESTER AND LONG ISLAND. LET US BEGIN WITH CBS2 CHRISTINE SLOAN LIVE AT THE EPIC CENTER WHERE THEY SURE FELT IT, KRISTINE? >> Reporter: THEY SURE DID AND IT FELT LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. AND NEARLY 20 SECONDS. IT WAS KIND OF SCARY. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE IN REDDINGTON. CREWS WERE IMMEDIATELY ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. >> THIS IS AWESOME. AND THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THERE. LOOK, SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AND IT FEELS LIKE THE EARTHQUAKE HERE. >> Reporter: A STORE OWNER DOING AN INSTAGRAM LIVE STREAM, RATTLED BY THE 4.8 EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE GROUND JUST AFTER 10:30 ON FRIDAY MORNING. IN REDDINGTON, NEW JERSEY, THE EPIC CENTER OF THE QUAKE, A TREE CRASHING DOWN RIGHT ON ROOSEVELT ROAD, RIGHT AFTER THE JOLT. >> IT FELT LIKE 50 MOUSE TREES MY HOUSE AND ALL MY HOUSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE AND THAT THEY RAN DOWNSTAIRS, AND IT WASN'T AN EARTHQUAKE. BECAUSE THEY HAD A SMALL EARTHQUAKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. >> Reporter: THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SITE BUILT IN 1760 COLLAPSED. >> OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, THERE WAS A LOT OF CALLS TO 911. NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE WOULD TRY TO GET IT OUT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE THE RESPONSE TO THE QUAKE. >> JENNIFER BISRAM IS LIVE DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN WITH MORE. JENNIFER? >> Reporter: HI, MAURICE AND ALICE. LESS THAN TWO HOURS AFTER THAT 4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT OUR AREA. CITY OFFICIALS ALL GATHERED HERE AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO UPDATE NEW YORKERS. SAYING THERE IS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED. NOTHING MAJOR. NO MAJOR INJURES AS WELL. AND WHERE NEW YORKERS IS WHAT WE DO. A 4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN NEW JERSEY COULD BE FELT AND SEEN IN HOMES THROUGH DOORBELL AND TRAFFIC CAMERAS, EVEN INSIDE A U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA. >> WE ACTIVATED OUR WE STARTED R UTILITY PARTNERS, AND NOTIFICATION SET BY NOTIFYING NYC AND OUR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. >> Reporter: LEADERS FROM ALL NEW YORK CITY AGENCIES WOULD GATHER AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN. >> WE ARE PUTTING ON ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS FROM THIS POINT ON OVER THE WEEKEND. AND SO IF REPORTS DO COME IN, WE WILL BE READY TO RESPOND. >> Reporter: SCHOOL DISMISSAL AND PROGRAMS WERE IN THE AFFECTED. ENCOURAGING NEW YORKERS TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAY AND GAIN SOME GUIDANCE FOR EARTHQUAKES. >> IF YOU FEEL THAT AFTERSHOCK AND THEY WOULD DROP TO THE FLOOR, COVER YOUR HEAD AND NECK AND TAKE COVER UNDER THE SOLID PIECE OF FURNITURE NEXT TO AN INTERIOR WALL OR ANY DOORWAY. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ALSO ADDRESSING THE RARE TREMOR THAT RATTLED THE AREA. >> WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND HERE IS WHY. THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF AFTERSHOCKS. >> Reporter: NO MAJOR AFTERSHOCKS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE WERE REPORTED, BUT IT WAS SHOCKING TO MANY INCLUDING 6-YEAR-OLD TRINITY MORALES WHO WAS IN SCHOOL. >> MY CLASS WAS SCARED, SO MY FRIENDS, THEY WERE NEXT TO ME AND GAVE ME A HUG. >> Reporter: SHE WAS SO SWEET THAT WHERE SHE TO MENTION TODAY IS ACTUALLY HER BIRTHDAY ALSO. THIS IS A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY FOR HER AND SHE SAID EVERYONE JUST HUG EACH OTHER IN HER CLASSROOM. NOW IF YOU DO SEE ANY CRACKS OR DAMAGE IN YOUR HOME AND BUSINESS, CALL 311 RIGHT AWAY. DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, JENNIFER BISRAM, CBS2 NEWS. >> THANK YOU. >>> AND THE QUAKE IS BEING BLAMED FOR OUR WATER MAIN BREAK. >> SENDING WATER GUSHING INTO THE STREETS AND LIVE WITH THE IMPACT. SHOSH? >> Reporter: WELL THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT. RESIDENTS HERE ON PLEASANT HILL ROAD IN RANDOLPH HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS AND CREWS ARE CURRENTLY ON SCENE RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE THEY MADE THIS ROAD COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE, JUST PREVIOUSLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. WATER WAS RUSHING DOWN IT AND THEY TELL US THAT THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER IS AT THEIR HIGHEST POINT FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. >> AND IT WAS LIKE A GEYSER, JUST SPEWING UP. >> Reporter: AN HOUR AND A HALF, THEY SAID THEY WATCHED THIS WATER COMPLETELY SOAK THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. >> I LOOKED OUT THE FRONT AND I SAW BROWN WATER RUSHING DOWN LIKE A RIVER. >> Reporter: DESCRIBING THE STREET AS NEARLY EXPLODING. NOW COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE WITH WATER RUNNING DOWN THE STREET. THE HEAD OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS THE EART LIKELY CAUSED THE 24-INCH MAIN TO BREAK. >> IT WAS PRETTY SCARY THAT I FELT RUMBLING. I ALMOST FELT LIKE THE HOUSE CAME UP OUT OF THE GROUND. >> Reporter: THE BREAK HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 P.M. JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. BUT NOW MORE THAN 80 HOMES HAVE LITTLE TO NO WATER AND RESIDENTS ARE BEING TOLD TO BOIL THEIR WATER. >> AND I FILLED UP BIG BARRELS OF WATER WHILE MY WATER WAS STILL RUNNING. >> Reporter: RESIDENTS SAY THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS WHERE THE WATER MAIN BREAK HAPPENED AT THAT POINT WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO ESTIMATION OF WHEN WATER WILL BE RESOLVED. I'M SHOSH BEDROSIAN, CBS2 NEWS. >> QUITE A PICTURE THERE, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE WHERE PEOPLE COULD FEEL THE SHAKE AND RUMBLE ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING. >> WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBED WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN THE EARTH STARTED MOVING. >> Reporter: HERE WHEN THE GROUND STARTED TO SHAKE, SOME MIGHT COMPARE IT TO THE VIBRATION FELT HERE. >> I WAS HOME ON 57th STREET AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRUCK FROM OUTSIDE. >> Reporter: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE? >> WHEN I GOT THE ALERT AND I SAW THE BOOM. >> I WAS IN THE CHAIR GETTING THE HAIRCUT WHERE I FEEL THE GUN SHAKING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRAIN. I HAD A MINOR ONE. >> AND HOW DID THAT FEEL COMPARED TO THAT? >> IT IS MUCH STRONGER. AND I FELT THE BED SHAKING. SO I WAS LIKE OH, IT'S PROBABLY AN EARTHQUAKE AND I WENT RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP AND IT IS MY DAY OFF, SO I NEEDED TO SLEEP. >> I FELT EVERYTHING SWAYING AND IT WAS UNUSUAL. I WENT BACK TO WORK. BECAUSE THEN WHEN I LOOKED AT MY PHONE, I THOUGHT THE TRAINS, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING BECAUSE WHEN I SAW IT, IT WAS AN ACTUAL EARTHQUAKE, AND IT WILL BE AN ISSUE AND IT WASN'T. THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE IN QUEENS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I FELT THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS TINY. TINY. I DIDN'T FEEL THIS ONE. >> AND IT IS MORE JARRING WHEN THEY GOT THAT ALERT ABOUT 40 MINUTES LATER, RIGHT? >> THAT WAS JARRING. >> I WAS IN THE KITCHEN AS WE WOULD LIVE IN A BROWNSTONE AND ONE OF THOSE GAS EXPLOSIONS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE WALLS WERE SHAKING, AND THE HOUSE IS RATTLING. AND THIS IS THE FIRST THOUGHT. PLATES WERE SHAKING AND WE RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEY WERE LIKE OKAY. AND I WOULD LOOK AT THE DOG AND HE'S NOT MOVING, HE'S GOOD. >> RIGHT, SHE REACTED WHEN WE OPENED UP THE DOOR AND SMELL THAT OUTSIDE, THE WHOLE OTHER STORY. LONNIE, YOU HAD A SIMILAR THING WITH YOUR DOG? AND YOUR DOG CAME TO LIFE? >> AND THEY STARTED BARKING. THEY STARTED PACING AROUND. AND THAT THEY SHOOK HER OUT OF BED AS WELL. AND I'M TELLING YOU, SHE LANDED ON THE EARTHQUAKE. AND DID YOU FEEL THE EARTHQUAKE? SOMEBODY IN MAINE FELT IT CALLING THE AUTHORITY SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THINGS SHAKING OUT HERE. AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARDS WASHINGTON, D.C. NOW LOOK, THE FOCUS IS IN OUR AREA AND IN THE BACKYARD, RIGHT ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF NEW YORK CITY. I'M HERE IN THE VICINITY, JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO NEW HAVEN WITH ANOTHER 45 MILES AS THE CROW FLIES. IT'S A LIKE A 95 MILES AN HOUR SPAN. AND THAT I FELT IT PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WHERE I WAS AND HOW MUCH MORE INTENSE THAT IT WAS ON TOP OF IT. AND ALWAYS PICKING UP SOMETHING, CLEARLY ZOOMING IN ON OUR AREA, AND IT IS MORE LIKE A QUIVER OUT THERE. THEY ARE NOT FEELING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY DO HAVE A LOW CHANCE AND NOT A ZERO PERCENT CHANCE FOR AFTERSHOCKS. THEY WOULD BE WEAKER WITH YOUR FAULT LINE AS WE WOULD SPEAK. AND THERE IS ALWAYS THOSE LITTLE FISHERS THAT WILL COME OVER THE CITY. IT'S THE CANYON. AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD A 5.0 WAS 1884. THEY SAY THAT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 100 YEARS OR SO. AND THOSE ARE ESTIMATED NUMBERS, RIGHT? THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TODAY, BUT THAT WILL STAY IN THE RECORD BOOKS. MORE GUYS WILL COME UP LATER. I'VE GOT YOUR COMPLETE WEATHER REPORT, BUT WE ARE TALKING EARTHQUAKES RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL YOURS. >> THANK YOU, LONNIE. >>> STILL AHEAD, THE EARTHQUAKE IMPACTING OUR BRIDGES AND SUBWAYS. AND WHAT THEY FOUND AFTER THEIR SAFETY ASSESSMENT. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR TUNNELS. >>> PLUS BASEBALL IS BACK IN THE BRONX. LIVE IN THE HOME OPENER FOR THE YANKEE AND THE PLAYERS REACTIONS TO THE EARTHQUAKE BEFORE THE GAME. >>> MORE VIDEO OF SCENES WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK. MANOVILLE, NEW JERSEY, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS TODAY. FAMILY PETS, SCARED AND CONFUSED EXCEPT CONFUSED. >> WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR PICTURES OF VIDEO AND SHARE THEM WITH US. YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE. THAT QR CODE ON YOUR