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Did You Feel It?
Several people in Swampscott said they did not but one said her friend's daughter felt it in Boston.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck in Virginia shortly before 2 this afternoon.
People reportedly felt it up and down the East Coast though several people polled in Swampscott said they did not feel it.
Mary Wolthausen said her friend's daughter felt it in Boston.
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Massachusetts State Police have fielded numerous call from the public in the wake of the earthquake but they have received no reports of injuries or significant structural damage, a spokesman said.
Numerous employees in the State Police headquarters in Framingham felt the tremors, the spokesman said.
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Seabrook Station Spokesman Al Griffith said the earthquake did not influence the plant's operations.
"Absolutely no impact at all to Seabrook Station operations," he said, "all of our operations here are normal."
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