How Safe Are We? ; Though Not Immune to Earthquakes, Lancaster County Is Relatively Secure Compared to Others Areas of the United States. Even More of a Mystery

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Shirley Riffle was celebrating her daughter's marriage in Reading when the walls of the reception hall started to flutter. The crystal lighting fixtures began to tinkle.

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How Safe Are We? ; Though Not Immune to Earthquakes, Lancaster County Is Relatively Secure Compared to Others Areas of the United States. Even More of a Mystery

People looked up from their dinner, Riffle recalled. "We thought 'Oh my God.' "

An earthquake had been the remotest thing from their minds. But Riffle had good cause for alarm.

When she returned to her split-level in Spring Township, Berks County, she saw that half the chimney had toppled and a first-floor window h...

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