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		Bry789123 on Aug 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could ... Felt in Northern NJ. I thought it was the construction crews currently working on the building. I'm just curious, but isn't this magnitude in this area exceedingly rare?

hightowk on Aug 23, 2011 [–]

Supposedly the biggest on record. 1897 was the last this big. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1897_05...

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