The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

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Newark City employee Sushil Nagpal stands outside homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after the earthquake on Friday,

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Why earthquakes are felt farther on the East Coast than the West. It's all about the rocks.

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A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northeastern US states of New Jersey and New York on Friday.

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