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Where were you on November 10th 2012 at 12:08 P.M. Eastern time when the earth shook?  Many in East Kentucky and beyond felt the effects of a 4.3 magnitude earthquake centered west of Whitesburg.

History Repeats Itself  On New Years Eve 1953, many Perry Countians were shaken by an earthquake tremor which was reported to have extended from Middlesboro to Harlan.  Charlie Metcalf, WKIC Program Director, said he felt the effects of the quake at his home at Woodland Park in Hazard.  Metcalf reported he was lying in bed  about 8:30 p.m. when the "house started shaking, the furnace came on, and a chest in the room started quivering."  Metcalf said he thought the furnace had blown up and he ran to the basement to check the unit.  When he could find nothing wrong with the furnace, he said he returned to the room and the "chest was still quivering."  The tremor stopped shortly thereafter.  Other residents of Woodland Park reported that they also felt the tremor.  Mrs. Everett Bartlett reported that the earth movement was felt at her home at Allais.