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Posted on Fri, Apr. 25, 2003

4.8 magnitude earthquake hits Washington
Associated Press

PORT ANGELES, Wash. - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 hit deep beneath the Olympic Mountains early Friday, jolting much of western Washington.

A smaller aftershock registering 2.9 was recorded about two hours later.

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WOW! What an active night. I've not felt an earthquake here since 1966 (or so)...and then I had a really rough time trying to convince my parents that "the earth moved" :).