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Seattle Quake

NPR
Published February 27, 2001 at 11:00 PM CST

NPR's Robert Smith tells Linda Wertheimer about today's earthquake in the Pacific Northwest. The quake was centered south of Seattle and caused damage to buildings in the metropolitan area.

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