NRC FOIA request ML20154A739

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( A mild earthquake of 47 seconds "There was a shuddering of Gracie Several workers inside the Indian
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l' jolted thousands of people awake Mansion but nothing fell off the Point plant reported hearing the
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7 j Saturday in New York and was felt shelves and I didn't fall out of bed," rumbling, and one person outside the
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creatigng confusion and surprise but the second shock and when it didn't ' There are several Strong Motiong
no reported damage orinjuries. come,I w ect back to sleep " Accelographs on the Indian Point site. ;
$ 0, It was the second tremor reported The quake - the largest to, hit the and in the surrounding area which
in the Northeast this week. The New York metropolitan area in more record sensitivity to vertical and.
than three decades - was considered hottontal movements. Bowin Lin-
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. Boston area was tickled by a mild by geologists' standards. In dgren, another spokesman for Conmagnitude 3 0 quake Tuesday. California, quakes of similar Ed sa!d. "This morning what was felt
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L The quake, centered about 20 miles magnitude occur about four times a was not strong enough to register."
) north of New York in Ardsley, struck month, Sykes said. Although there were many calls,
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1 { F Richter scale, said Lynn Sykes, a thquake that devastated Mexico City reported no damage.
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geologist at the Lamunt Doherty was 10,000 times more powerful than "My dogs woke me up," Yorktown
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i' Geological Observatory of Columbia the tremor m New iork,Sykes said. police officer Robert Ccmmann said.
/4 University, located near the The earthquake Saturday morning "One dog was howling and the bed
(Q- epicenter, was classified as an ' Unusual was shaking "
The tremor, lasting 47 seconds, Event.' Nick Corbi, insurance agent for*
3 * was felt from Philadelphia to the .'An unusual event is something Allstate at the Jefferson Valley Mall,
g southern border of Canada, the U.S. different from the norm that could said that he received about 25:
Geological Survey said. Residents in possibly effect the operations at inquiries about earthquake in-y -
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New Jersey, Connecticut and Indian Point. It is declared as a surance., t . .
Massachusetts reported feeling the safety precaution anytime there is a lie could not remember anyone -.
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seismic recording of any magnitude asking for it before. -
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*'l felt it pretty good in Queens," reported. It is a rule book Telephones at the New York City -
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9 said Charles Causwell, 41. "I ran requirement," said Martin Gitten, police department were ringmg off
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outside. I thought it was my I oiler at Con Ed spokesman the book with calls frem confused
,g first. The whole neighborhood was In an emergency, the four residents.said Sgt. Ronald Seserm.
g/ . outsidelocking'rd Koch said he was emergency classificatiors in order ofIn Riverdale, Karen Rotter said,
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Driver inattention was cited as one Joseph Costello said a witnesse said Putnam County District Attorney's !
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. as . ore ft;e nyn- .ishook of the contributing factors in the that Wright had he.- belt ca. An ofiice, the New York State Depart-