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Cleveland Area Rattled By 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake

Nearly 9,000 Ohio residents reported feeling tremors because of an earthquake centered under Lake Erie. Since 1823, the northeastern Ohio seismic zone has had "moderately frequent earthquakes."

Residents in northeastern Ohio had a shaky start to their day as a 4.0 magnitude earthquake rattled the region on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.

The earthquake measured 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) deep and was centered under Lake Erie, just north of Eastlake, Ohio. Officials say

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