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EARTHQUAKE REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
847 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012
AN EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT WEAKLY BY AN OBSERVER NEAR OGLALA...SOUTH
DAKOTA...AROUND 641 AM MST. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
INITIAL REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN
GOLDEN COLORADO INDICATED THAN AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 3.0 ON
THE RICHTER SCALE WAS CENTERED AT 43.4 NORTH...103.1 WEST...OR ABOUT
21 MILES EAST OF HOT SPRINGS...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGLALA SOUTH
DAKOTA. THIS PLACES THE EPICENTER OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF FALL RIVER COUNTY.
INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES...
INCLUDING FINAL RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.
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RUDGE