Roughly 60% of the city’s buildings were constructed before 1940, well before the city updated its building codes in 1995 to ...

New Jersey doesn't typically come to mind when you think of earthquakes, but the state has already been rattled by two this month, and more are possible in the coming weeks and months.

According to the NESEC, the largest earthquake centered in New York state happened on September 5, 1944. The magnitude 5.9 ...

The recent temblors were classified as “weak,” and may have been connected to a bigger earthquake last year in the area.

HILLSDALE, N.J. (AP) — A second small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area on Tuesday, days after the first. The ...

Earthquakes rattled the nation's two largest metropolitan areas Tuesday, sending a jolt across population centers of tens of millions, but thankfully didn't cause any impacts.

A small earthquake centered in northern New Jersey on Tuesday rattled the New York City metropolitan area, officials said.

Another small earthquake in North Jersey Tuesday appears to have been felt by a large number of people in the New York City ...

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data ...

A small earthquake rocked parts of New Jersey on Tuesday — the second to be felt in the region in just a matter of days.

After two earthquakes rattled parts of N.J. and N.Y. in four days, Connecticut officials urged preparedness as even small quakes can cause big problems.

The earthquake struck at 12:11 p.m. Tuesday with an epicenter near Hillsdale, N.J., roughly 20 miles from Manhattan. At 7.7 miles deep, the quake is considered shallow, according to the USGS.