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Islanders woken by 6.6 earthquake
While many island residents planned on sleeping in on this Saturday morning, with others using the weekend to get a jumpstart on doing chores, flea market shopping or running errands, nearly the entire community rushed to dash into doorways after a large earthquake occurred right before 8am. Preliminary data indicates the quake as having registered 6.6 on the Richter Scale.
The U.S. Geological Survey tells KUAM News that the center of the seismic event is estimated to have occurred about 128 miles to the south/southwest of the island's capitol of Hagatna, lasting about 25 seconds. This morning's quake, says geologist Paul Hatorri, is the largest of 2008 and the third such major quake in the last two months.
No damages or injuries have been reported.
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