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Minor quake jolts Yeongdeok

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/ Captured from KMA website

By Park Si-soo

A minor 2.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Yeongdeok-gun county on the southeastern coast of the Korean Peninsula, the state weather agency said on Wednesday.

It happened at 4:56 a.m. and the epicenter was 20 kilometers north-northeast of the town. There were no reports of casualties or property damage, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).