The USGS reports that an earthquake struck near the town of Canton, Pennsylvania, which is a little over 40 miles fro the New ...

New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April’s northeast earthquake because of a dangerous, newly discovered fault line that sits at a rare angle — and it ...

Where were you when the great earthquake ... New York City metropolis. The first is a familiar sight. Walking down Broadway or looking out from the bridge to the Law School, you’ll see a large valley ...

So how did New York City and surrounding areas ... than what you learned in school. While earthquakes are most common along the fault lines of tectonic plates—of which there are seven major ...

The magnitude-4.8 earthquake recorded in Lebanon, N.J., that shook buildings across the New York City region on Friday morning, though, was an unsettling reminder of the fault lines that run ...

Earthquakes are rare in the New York City area, but there are several small fault lines under Manhattan and a major fault in New Jersey, called the Ramapo Fault.

A graduate of New York University's Arthur L ... can push against each other. Earthquakes are most common along fault lines, which are fractures that allow the plates to move.

The fault that ruptured ... the epicenter of the earthquake, near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, to record aftershocks, which could help identify the main fault line. “We’re trying to get ...