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Earthquake rocks major US city that sits on top ancient fault line

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The US Geological Survey detected the tremor 77 miles east of Columbus at 3:14pm ET.

The region sits atop an ancient fault line, a pre-existing weakness in the Earth 's crust that can be reactivated by tectonic stress.

The fault line near Cambridge is known as the Burning Springs-Cambridge fault zone that formed more than 4.6 million years ago .

No injuries or damages have been reported.

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