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November 30, 2010
1:13:21 PM
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LIers report feeling quake off coast
An earthquake about 80 miles southeast of Southampton was felt by some residents, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The 10:45 a.m. quake was magnitude 3.9, according to a USGS website. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.1 miles, a government scientist said.
Dozens of Suffolk residents reported feeling the quake on the USGS website. There were no immediate reports of damage.
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The website said the quake was felt as far away as Virginia and Vermont.
Mitchell Gold, of the Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network at Columbia University, said the earthquake was centered so far off Long Island that damage would be minimal at best.
"It's considered minor," Gold said. "There's small activity that goes on all the time, one or two a year."
There will not be a tsunami, Gold said. "From a 4 [magnitude]? No," he said.
Rose Swezey, 55, of Water Mill, near Southampton, was looking out of an upstairs window of her home watching birds feed when the house started shaking.
She heard a cup quiver on top of a desk as the desk shook. The shaking lasted about 15 seconds, Swezey said.
"It was just things vibrating - the lampshade, that kind of thing," Swezey said. "My husband said, 'What was that?' I said, 'It must be an earthquake.' "
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