These deposits were buried under an ancient floor in Sardis nearly 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists who found them in 2013 suspect the artifacts may have been part of a ritual to ward off disaster.

Late Monday night, a modest earthquake rattled upstate New York and northern Vermont, a reminder that even timeworn faults ...

New York was rattled by an earthquake that struck on an ancient fault that occasionally reactivates, producing rare but ...