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Mild Earthquake Centered in Nebraska

Sunday, November 03, 2002

O'NEILL, Neb. —  A mild earthquake centered near the Nebraska-South Dakota state line was felt in parts of three states Sunday.

No major damage was reported, but callers reported that pictures were knocked off walls in O'Neill and some other towns in the region.

The 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit about 2:45 p.m. CST, some 30 miles northwest of O'Neill, and lasted about 10 seconds said John Minsch, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

"It was felt in parts on Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota," Minsch said from the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.

O'Neill is 190 miles northwest of Omaha.

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