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A relatively mild, 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. Here's what you need to know. What happened? The earthquake hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights at about 10:18 p.m. Eastern time at a depth of about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers). It was felt fairly widely in northern parts of the state, southern New York and even in southern Connecticut. There were no initial reports of serious injuries or significant damage in New Jersey or across the Hudson River in New York City. City officials said that as of late Sunday morning they had not been called to respond to any building-related issues. The Big Apple has more than 1 million buildings. Many posts on social media reported the ground rumbling, and the U.S. Geological Survey reported more than 10,000 responses to its "Did You Feel It?" website. Although people in the United States may associate earthquakes more often with the West Coast, scientists say t...

TOKYO — One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude tremor that triggered a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts southward toward New Zealand. Tsunami warning sirens blared Tuesday in Honolulu and people moved to higher ground. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami measuring 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) was detected in Tokachi, on the southern coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the country's main islands. The Russian areas nearest to the earthquake's epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula reported damage and evacuations, but no serious injuries. The first tsunami wave hit the coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk, the main settlement on Russia's Kuril Islands in the Pacific, according to the local governor Valery Limarenko. He said residents were safe and staying on high ground until the threat of a repeat wave was gone. The Pacific ...