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EARTHQUAKE REPORT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 AM EST MON DEC 15 2014
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT MODERATELY BY MANY PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.
INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. THE
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO HAS
CURRENTLY INDICATED THE EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 3.0 ON THE
MAGNITUDE X SCALE WAS CENTERED AT 36.063 NORTH LATITUDE AND 81.509
WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA.
THE PRELIMINARY TIME OF THE EARTHQUAKE WAS 144 AM EST.
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