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EARTHQUAKE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
223 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT BY MANY PEOPLE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT A 5.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE 
OCCURRED IN CENTRAL VIRGINA ABOUT 83 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON 
D.C. AT 151 PM EDT.
NUMEROUS CALLS TO 911 CENTERS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS 
BEEN REPORTED SO FAR...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF RATTLING DISHES 
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 
INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES WILL
BE PROVIDED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.
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