There were at least 11 aftershocks, including a 4.0 magnitude tremor that struck nearly 8 hours after the initial quake. It was the third-largest earthquake recorded in the area in the last five ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the quake one of the largest on the East Coast in the last century. A sign is displayed at the train station in Whitehouse Station, N.J., where the reported quake ...

The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Jersey on Friday generated shaking that could be felt from Washington, D.C., to north of Boston. About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are ...

At least 29 aftershocks were recorded in the Garden State since the rare quake hit, including one tremor of 3.8 hours after the initial event. But residents of NYC shouldn’t expect much beyond ...

The epicenter of Friday’s metro-area quake was around the sleepy, tiny, agricultural town of Lebanon, NJ — where the temblor sent residents running home from work to check their houses and ...

The quake had a magnitude of 4.8, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and it was followed by several aftershocks, including one with a magnitude of 4.0. No major damage was reported as of ...

Aftershocks rattled Taiwan a day after a powerful 7.4 magnitude quake struck just south of Hualien County, the worst-affected region, killing at least nine people, buckling buildings and ...

So far, seismologists have not identified any distinguishing characteristics of a given quake that would warn of an impending larger one. By Kenneth Chang Will the ground around Whitehouse Station ...

The quake was felt across the New York City metropolitan area, and from Philadelphia to Boston. The temblor happened at 10:23 a.m. Eastern about 4 miles north of Whitehouse Station, N.J., data ...

Aftershocks continued to rattle the island a day after the 7.4 magnitude quake struck just south of Hualien County, the worst-affected region, killing at least 10 people, buckling buildings and ...

The quake hit near the eastern city of Hualien at 7:58 a.m. local time (2358 GMT) and had a magnitude of 7.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, making it the strongest quake to hit since 1999.

The quake's epicenter was located about 11 miles south of the coastal city of Hualien, about 96 miles southeast of Taipei. More than 87,000 homes in Taiwan remained without power, and Taiwan’s ...