Small Earthquake Rattles Washington, D.C.

From NPR Topics: Science:

A minor earthquake shook residents awake in the Washington, D.C., area early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. It was centered in the area around Rockville, Md., said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

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