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Seattle, Washington – A minor earthquake struck western Washington late Wednesday morning, with a magnitude 2.9 tremor recorded about 2 kilometers west of Home, a small community along the southern Puget Sound.
According to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and the University of Washington, the earthquake occurred at 10:49 a.m. UTC (3:49 a.m. PDT) at a depth of about 27.3 kilometers, placing the shaking deep beneath the region’s crust. Initial data shows the event was reviewed by seismic analysts shortly after detection…