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ON December 20, at about 2.30 a.m. local time, an earthquake shook a wide area in the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. It is reported to have been felt by people for some forty-five seconds in parts of Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and for a shorter time and less severe in Long Island, New York and New Jersey. In Montreal thousands of residents were awakened by the rattling of loose objects such as crockery on shelves, but no damage or casualties are reported. Another shock affected the same area on the morning of December 24, but only minor damage was caused and no casualties are reported. It is anticipated that the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and other seismologists in the United States and Canada will be examining both instrumental and macroseismic evidence of the shocks, and any report is awaited with interest.
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Recent Earthquakes. Nature 147, 24 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147024b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147024b0