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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Quake aftershock jolts US east coast

Quake aftershock jolts US east coast
Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 -
A 4.5 magnitude aftershock jolted Virginia and the region around the US capital early Thursday, rattling residents recovering from a rare east coast earthquake two days earlier. The epicenter of the tremor which struck at 1:07 am (0507 GMT) was just eight kilometers (five miles) south of Mineral, Virginia, the epicenter of Tuesday's 5.8 magnitude quake, the National Earthquake Information Ce ... more

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