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Magnitude 1.6 Earthquake Reported In Morris County, New Jersey
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 22, 12:02 PM EDT
updated Oct 22, 3:54 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WPVI-TV and WABC-TV (ABC 7 New York), not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Magnitude 1.6 earthquake reported in Morris County, New Jersey · WPVI-TVOct 22, 12:02 PM EDT
Magnitude 1.6 earthquake reported in Morris County, New Jersey · WABC-TV (ABC 7 New York) · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 22, 3:54 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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Morris County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.
How We Decided
Oct 22, 12:12 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 22, 5:08 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.