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Earthquake rocks parts of New England

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    Residents stunned by sudden earthquake

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Some bigger than it was just me.

You're telling -- is not just me now all of you born imagining things that was a real bonafide earthquake that shook the earth from -- to the base state and beyond at 712.

Night I was eating and I felt the doors shaking in its frame.

And I figure out gas -- -- truck going by and that didn't seem to -- in case they didn't hear anything outside.

There are no major reports of damage to New England those people reporting just their furniture moving -- might -- -- shaking back and forth and I -- -- quite sure what it was good.

Yeah.

Honestly -- just thought they were doing construction across the street doctor John able who teaches geophysics at BC and runs the Weston observatory says people in the Boston area probably -- between five to fifteen seconds.

Although real good shape for.

Point oh.

Means that this is the largest earthquake since 2006.

When we had a four point two centered at Bar Harbor me.

So hot at tonight's four point oh quake compared to what California quake.

This Berklee College of Music student is from San Diego.

But believe it or not he couldn't tell us this was the first earthquake he was awake for Jessica little bit my laptop almost -- -- the top.

It was you know that's in the table agreeable lot that grew up in Santiago Chile now she knows what really powerful earthquakes feel like and she says comparatively this -- minor.

Still she was sitting and it -- -- -- it happens and she -- the moment was all very distillery and I was working and -- disease.

And I -- yeah.