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| 4.4 earthquake in Delaware felt across East Coast | |
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| A 4.4 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter near Dover, Delaware, has rocked parts of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. | |
| The US Geological Survey initially reported a 5.1 earthquake offshore of Dover, Delaware on Thursday afternoon, but adjusted the magnitude to 4.4 shortly after 5:00pm Eastern time. | The US Geological Survey initially reported a 5.1 earthquake offshore of Dover, Delaware on Thursday afternoon, but adjusted the magnitude to 4.4 shortly after 5:00pm Eastern time. |
| Social media users reported feeling the shaker in Baltimore, Maryland, New York and New Jersey. Witnesses reported the quake in Brooklyn, New York, nearly 200 miles north of its epicenter. | |
| “We wouldn’t expect to have damage from an earthquake of this size,” USGS geophysicist Paul Caruso told Delaware Online. “We know from the past even when we have quakes above magnitude 3 on the East Coast, they’re felt pretty far away.” | |
| Some who felt the tremors made light of the situation on social media. |