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EARTHQUAKE 4.2 ON RICHTER HITS SATURDAY

An earth tremor rumbled through St. Thomas and St. John early Saturday morning.
At 6:50 a.m. a quake was felt in St. Thomas and as far as John's Folly, St. John.
The quake, which was centered at 18.51 latitude and 64.67 longitude, about ten miles east of St. John, measured 4.2 on the Richter scale, according to the National Earthquake Information Service.
It was centered in approximately the same place as the last quake recorded on May 7.

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