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.

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 ...

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.

NEW JERSEY - The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck the heart of New Jersey, yet was felt the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...