‘Shock’: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks New York City, Northeast

LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the northeastern US Friday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, sending tremors along the Atlantic coast between Boston and Philadelphia. The quake’s epicentre was about 45 miles (72km) west of New York City in Lebanon, New Jersey, rocking buildings in densely populated Manhattan and throughout the…

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Panic As 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Italy

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy north of Florence on Monday morning, sending residents into the streets but causing no immediate damage, authorities said. Schools were closed in some areas as a precaution and trains were delayed pending checks on the railway lines. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) measured…

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