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EARTHQUAKE REPORT...UPDATED
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
200 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT STRONGLY BY MANY PEOPLE IN AND AROUND 
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. SHAKING AND SWAY OF THE BUILDING WAS FELT AT 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RALEIGH. NUMEROUS REPORTS 
WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM SURROUNDING AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS RICHMOND 
COUNTY.
PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS BY THE USGS ARE THAT A MAGNITUDE 5.9 
EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 153 PM. AN ESTIMATE OF THE LOCATION WAS 
37.875N AND 77.908W. THIS IS LOCATED BETWEEN RICHMOND AND 
CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA.
IF THERE ARE FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO OR OTHERS...AN UPDATED REPORT WILL BE 
ISSUED.
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SMITH