Parts of New Jersey were rattled by a 1.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquakes are considered relatively rare in the New York-New Jersey area. However, a number of small fault lines run under Manhattan, and there's a major fault line in New Jersey, called the ...

The earthquake occurred along the Hayward fault line, which extends 62 miles along ... Flights were grounded and traffic halted around New York City as a result of the earthquake, which was ...