ATLANTIC CITY — Shaking was felt around South Jersey on Wednesday morning.

The Press of Atlantic City reported it was felt in an area from Cherry Hill to Wildwood around 10:20 a.m.

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"I was sleeping and it woke me up, so I wasn't sure if I was dreaming or if something shook my house," Jasmine Rodriguez, of Browns Mills said. Rodriuquez is an employee of Townsquare Media.

Williamstown resident Laura Tortella said she felt her whole house shake.

"I ran outside to see if something hit the house but there was nothing on my street. No trucks or workers to have caused the noise. It was baffling," she said.

Mike Sakala of Cherry Hill said he was sitting on his back porch and felt a shaking along with a loud rumbling sound which lasted about 45 seconds.

"The noise was more prevalent than the shaking. The Sound started low, increased in volume, went back down and up again 2-3 times," Sakala said.

A resident of Atco said it felt like someone hit their garage.

"I live in Franklinville New Jersey, and to me it sounded as if a gorilla was jumping around in our attic. Twice. The house shook a little bit, but not that much," Sara Thurston wrote in an email.

Gerry Harvey of Mt. Laurel thought it was a truck on nearby Route 295 or the Turnpike. "I felt something that appeared to be something hitting the house or ground."

North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello said he felt it and was hearing it was felt all over Cape May County.

Ocean County Sheriff Mike Mastronardy told New Jersey 101.5 his office has not received any calls about any unusual activity.

The US Geological Survey, as of about noon, did not show any seismic activity on its website. National Weather Service officials say there's "nothing weather-related" that would cause the booms.

An incident in January, 2016 in which a series of tremors was felt around South Jersey turned out to be caused by “routine flight testing” in the Atlantic Test Ranges, which span from New Jersey to North Carolina.

But Patrick Gordon, public affairs officer from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, said there were no planes in the air from his base in eastern Maryland.

"Today it wasn't us," Gordon said, pointing out that a number of military bases use that airspace.

"We are looking into those reports as well on our end," Sgt. Jones of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst said.

Did you feel any shaking?  Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com.


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