Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Jersey on Friday generated shaking that could be felt from Washington, D.C., to north ...

About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

Earthquake strength is registered on the moment magnitude scale, which measures how much energy was released when the rocks along a fault moved during the quake. By Henry Fountain Earthquake strength ...

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(Corrects paragraph 5 of Feb 27 story to make clear that a magnitude 7.0 quake releases 1,000 times more energy than a magnitude 5.0, not 900) Feb 27 (Reuters) - A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake ...

(WHTM) — Residents in Pennsylvania felt shaking Friday morning as a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey. Earthquake reported in New Jersey, tremors felt in Pennsylvania One of the most commonly ...