In New Jersey, fault lines do not generally break the Earth's surface, but are based several miles below. Earthquakes east of the Rockies are generally less intense than to the west, but because ...

New Jersey was once home to a fiery ... s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory identified the fault line on April 5th – the day a magnitude 4.8 earthquake rocked New York City.

The magnitude-4.8 earthquake was the strongest in New Jersey in over 200 years ... which could help identify the main fault line. “We’re trying to get people together.

The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 ...

This discovery could really shake up the Big Apple. New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April’s northeast earthquake because of a dangerous, newly discovered ...

New Jersey residents expect hurricanes ... tectonic plates on Earth constitute the typical type of fault line where most significant earthquakes happen. The San Andres fault in California ...

While earthquakes are rare in the New York-New Jersey area, there are several small fault lines under Manhattan and a major fault in New Jersey, called the Ramapo Fault. Mark Prussin is a digital ...

It’s too early to tell why this earthquake was as large as it was, but it might be because a fault line from 200 million years ago was reactivated. New Jersey likely won’t get another big ...

Hudson Valley gas and water lines ... area's faults, Gates said. Also different in the Tewksbury earthquake is the geology, Gates said. Unlike portions of the most northern parts of New Jersey ...

Experts say New York City in particular is not built to withstand a massive earthquake and that preparations ... was pinpointed near the Ramapo Fault in New Jersey, roughly 50 miles west of ...

TEWKSBURY - Tewksbury, in the northeastern corner of Hunterdon County, is an affluent community in the heart of New Jersey horse county ... 80s that we live on a fault line and someday, there ...