Your voltmeter was showing 5 v ac reading on the neutral to ground terminals which suggests you have a loose neutral wire or bad outlet somewhere between your outlet and the breaker box. This in itself could be a fire hazard. I would trace back all the outlets from the outlet you measured from and check that all the wiring is tightly connected to the daisy chained outlets all the way back to the breaker box, including the neutral connection for that circuit in the breaker box. (You need to shut off thar breaker to do this). If all the wires are tightly connected to the outlets and you still have the 5v ac reading on the neutral to ground in your outlet shown, then I believe you have a bad outlet somewhere in the daisey chain of outlets back to the breaker box. I would replace ALL of the outlets in the daisey chain. BETTER SAFE THEN SORRY!
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