Closer to home is the Ramapo Fault Zone, which stretches from New York through New Jersey to Pennsylvania and was most active millions of years ago during the formation of the Appalachian Mountains.

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

Scientists said the fault zone is old and complex ... near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, to record aftershocks, which could help identify the main fault line. “We’re trying to get people ...

New Jersey and other areas on the East Coast experienced ... weakened boundary regions become part of the interiors of the plates. These zones of weakness within the continents can cause ...

New Jersey was once home to a fiery volcano roughly the size of Mount St. Helens – that sits in the same county as a newly mapped fault line. Rutan Hill, in Wantage, NJ, appears to be and is ...

New Jersey and New York City dwellers were abruptly ... Large earthquakes occur at fault zones, or areas of fracture in the Earth's crust, where the rock will break. Most dangerous fault areas ...