The Bible, Revised Standard Edition
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Mark, chapter 13
1: And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him,
"Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"
2: And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will
not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down."
7: And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this
must take place, but the end is not yet.
8: For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
there will be earthquakes in various places, there will be famines; this
is but the beginning of the birth-pangs.
AP 4/20/02
Earthquake rattles Northeast� Temblor felt from Maine to
Pennsylvania� Sections of at least two roads collapsed near the
epicenter of the earthquake in upstate New York.
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NEW YORK, April 20 � �An earthquake felt from Maine to Maryland
rattled the Northeast on Saturday morning with a magnitude of 5.1,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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� The USGS National Earthquake Information Center measured its depth
at 5 kilometers.
� � � �THE EARTHQUAKE hit just before 7 a.m. about 15 miles
southwest of Plattsburgh, in northern New York near the Vermont and
Canadian borders.
� � � �There were no immediate reports of injuries, but the
Vermont State Police received calls about cracked foundations and broken
windows, and sections of at least two roads collapsed near the epicenter
in upstate New York.
� � � �Sandy Caligiore, of Lake Placid, about 35 miles southwest
of Plattsburgh, said he felt the shaking for about 30 seconds. It was so
strong, decorations were falling off the walls, he said.
� � � �"I was getting out of the shower and the mirror was
shaking. The whole house was shaking," said Darlene Conklin, who lives
in Hopewell Junction, about 60 miles north of New York City. "My husband
was watching TV, and he felt the couch shaking. You could see the doors
shaking, the walls trembling."
� � � �The earthquake was recorded at 6:50 a.m., said William
Ott, a seismologist at Weston Observatory at Boston College.
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� � � �He said the quake was "moderate." A typical 5.1
earthquake would cause cracked plaster, broken windows and minor
structural damage around the epicenter, he said.
� � � �"There are faults all over the northeastern United
States," Ott said. "They're not as active as the ones in California, but
they're capable of producing earthquakes of this size from time to
time."
� � � �The largest earthquake recorded in New York, according to
the USGS, was a 5.8 magnitude quake in 1944 that was centered in
Massena, about 3 miles from the Canadian border.
� � � �Won Young Kim, a seismologist with Columbia University's
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, said there was a magnitude 5.2 quake
in 1993, about 50 miles south of Saturday's epicenter. He said a
magnitude 3.5 quake occurred just south of Plattsburgh on April 20,
2000.
� � � �Reports of the shaking Saturday came from as far away as
Baltimore, Toronto and Portland, Maine. The USGS National Earthquake
Information Center measured the earthquake's depth at 3.1 miles.
� � � �Kathleen Morrow, 31, of Northfield, in central Vermont,
said the jolt woke her husband up and the shaking continued for several
seconds.
� � � �"I had my feet on the floor ready to leave the house if
it was going to be continuing or stronger," she said.
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