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EARTHQUAKE REPORT 
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 25 2013
AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 350 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS FELT 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 
THE USGS EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS PROGRAM HAS PRELIMINARILY INDICATED THAT 
AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 2.9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WAS CENTERED AT 
36.17 NORTH LATITUDE AND 81.67 WEST LONGITUDE...ROUGHLY 2 MILES 
NORTH NORTHEAST OF BLOWING ROCK NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPTH OF THE 
EARTHQUAKE WAS 5.7 MILES.
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. 
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL 
SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE REGIONAL SEISMIC 
NETWORK.
OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE AT THIS TIME.
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