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Did you feel that? Earthquakes register under downtown Seattle

Dec 3, 2015, 12:59 PM | Updated: 9:50 pm

Two earthquakes struck underneath Seattle on Dec. 3. (MyNorthwest)...

Two earthquakes struck underneath Seattle on Dec. 3. (MyNorthwest)

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Two earthquakes struck the Puget Sound Thursday, and while relatively small, they were located directly underneath Seattle.

A 2.5 magnitude earthquake registered at 12:11 p.m. The shake occurred underneath the Pike Place Market at a depth of 16 miles.

See local earthquakes with MyNorthwest’s Earthquake Tracker

A second earthquake hit at 1:27 p.m. underneath the Port of Seattle, just south of the ferry dock, at a depth of 15 miles.

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