Morris County became the epicenter of hysteria Monday as the series of quakes — ranging from a magnitude 0.7 to 2.0 — rocked the Randolph area five times and nearby Mendham once in the roughly 17-hour span, according to the US Geological Survey. “There was just this loud boom,” one resident recalled to News 12 New Jersey.

MORRIS PLAINS — A small earthquake that rattled several North Jersey towns was also felt 200 miles away. The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake at 5:40 a.m. measuring 1.6 on the Richter scale, with an epicenter along Butterworth Road in Morris Plains.