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East Coast earthquake

By Sabrina Garone
Published April 5, 2024 at 4:41 PM EDT
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Members of the New York City Emergency Management Department hold a meeting on Friday, April 5, 2024 in New York. An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
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Members of the New York City Emergency Management Department hold a meeting on Friday, April 5, 2024 in New York. An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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