Earthquake shakes Puget Sound


February 10, 2009 · Updated 12:33 PM 

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A 4.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Puget Sound early Friday morning.

The earthquake was centered about three miles southwest of Kingston and roughly 14 miles northwest of Seattle.

According to a preliminary earthquake report from the University of Washington's Department of Earth and Space Sciences, the earthquake occurred at 5:25 a.m., at a depth of about 36 miles.

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