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Quakes Shake East and West Coasts
Dozen weekend earthquakes rattled the ocean floor off California and shook homes across seven eastern states. A 3.2 magnitude quake struck 85 miles northwest of Los Angeles with a Huntington Beach tremor at 3:58 a.m. PST. An eastern quake near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, measured 4.1 on the Richter scale at 8:36 p.m. EST Sunday. No significant damage or injuries were reported as residents in New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut felt the shocks. Lancaster dispatchers reported hundreds of calls and widespread alarm.
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California
Los Angeles
Dennis Meredith
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Huntington Beach
Meredith
Lancaster
Bruce Pressgrave
U.S. Geological Survey
National
Golden
Colo
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Hugh Urey