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Stamford Experienced a 2.2-Magnitude Earthquake Friday

There was some initial concern the event was an explosion.

After a lot of social media activity Friday night in which reports came flooding in of an explosion in Stamfor, the New England Seismic Network announced Saturday the activity was actually a minor earthquake.

According to the Weston Observatory website at Boston College, an incident at roughly 9 p.m. Fridaynight was a 2.2-magnitude earthquake.


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