Scientists have yet to pinpoint the fault that ruptured in New Jersey on April 5 and rattled much of the Northeast. Now, U.S. Geological Survey researchers are in the process of installing new monitoring equipment to better measure aftershocks and help solve that mystery. The USGS has recorded at least 50 aftershocks since the 4.8-magnitude […]
A 4.0 magnitude aftershock hit 37 miles west New York City in New Jersey around 6 p.m. Friday. According to the United States Geological Survey it was felt as far away as Long Island, where there were reports of houses shaking. There have been eleven aftershocks since the initial earth quake according to the USGS […]
An earthquake rattled the Northeastern United States on Friday morning — and a strong aftershock struck in the early evening, around eight hours later. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the initial 4.8 magnitude quake was centered 7 kilometers north of Whitehouse Station, N.J., about 50 miles west of New York City, at a depth […]
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook The strongest quake to hit Taiwan in at least 25 years has also hit a pressure point in the global supply chain. The island accounts for about 90% of production for chipmaker TSMC and while its plants are mostly on the […]