Northeast Earthquake Affects KEWR Operations

[RonR]

An 4.8 magnitude earthquake at around 10:19AM eastern time rumbled across the northeastern United States today.  It was centered in New Jersey and felt from Albany NY down to Washington DC.  KEWR stopped departures and arrivals for a short time and the tower controllers were moved to an alternate site.  Because of this a number of flights had to divert to alternates...