NEW YORK - An earthquake felt from Maine to Pennsylvania rattled the Northeast Saturday morning with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. <br>
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The earthquake hit just before 7 a.m. and was centered about 15 miles southwest of Plattsburgh, in northern New York near the Vermont and Canadian borders. <br>
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There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. <br>
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``I was getting out of the shower and the mirror was shaking. The whole house was shaking,'' said Darlene Conklin, who lives in Hopewell Junction, about 60 miles north of New York City. ``My husband was watching TV, and he felt the couch shaking. You could see the doors shaking, the walls trembling.'' <br>
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Sandy Caligiore, of Lake Placid, said he felt the shaking for about 30 seconds. It was so strong, decorations were falling off the walls, he said. <br>
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The earthquake was recorded at 6:50 a.m., said William Ott, a seismologist at Weston Observatory at Boston College. The USGS National Earthquake Information Center measured its depth at 5 kilometers. <br>
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``There are faults all over the northeastern United States,'' Ott said. ``They're not as active as the ones in California, but they're capable of producing earthquakes of this size from time to time.''