The reports vary from region to region. Atlantic county emergency management officials confirmed with the U.S. Geological Survey that it was not an earthquake. The next thought was that military training or an aircraft flying by might have caused the shakes.
Both the 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst confirmed none of their aircrafts were in the area at that time. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is still working to confirm whether or not any ground training was happening at the time, although it is unlikely that would cause such a widespread shake.
Stadlmeir said, "I really don't think it's a sonic boom because, you know as I said before, I've experienced them before and this is nothing like that." Mower told NBC40, "That was real unusual. I almost wondered if I was dreaming on that one."
After initial reports of the shakes came in, NBC40 put the word out on Facebook to see who else felt it. Immediately we received hundreds of responses from all over South Jersey.
Comment: It is likely related to this: Bright blue fireball reported across several states, including loud boom above New York, 19 March 2013
And then there is this report in the same area from last October: Now it's New Jersey: What was the mysterious shake rattling New Jersey? Residents feel the earth move...but it's not an earthquake
Concerned Egg Harbor Township resident, Oliana Collado, said, "I just think it's weird because some people didn't feel it and it's like in random spots, and it's very spread out. Yeah it was scary, but I'm just glad it wasn't worse than what it was."
When we reached out to New Jersey State Police Headquarters, we were told that our call marked the first time they had heard about possible tremors and they were unable to tell us anything further.
NBC40 will continue to investigate the cause of these mysterious tremors.
I wonder if the military is doing any tunneling under there?You know they need to keep building them underground cities and railroads.