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The P wave was recorded at 9:01 UTC. New York follows the Eastern Time Zone which is equivalent to minus 5 hours of the UTC. Using this information, we can get the exact time when the earthquake really occurred in New York. Subtracting 5 hours from the UTC time give us: 4:01.
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