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Earthquakes Recorded Under Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts


“People in several Southeastern Massachusetts communities reported feeling a small earthquake Sunday night that experts say was centered under Buzzards Bay.

The 2.1-magnitude temblor was recorded at 8:39 p.m. under the bay, 12 miles off Woods Hole and 11 miles from Bliss Corner in Dartmouth, according to the US Geological Survey website.

The USGS collected 10 reports on its website from people who felt the quake. Reports came in from Dracut, Abington, Randolph, Falmouth, Pocasset, Fairhaven, Fall River, Raynham, as well as Little Compton and Providence, R.I.”  Read more.

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