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According to official figures, the earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale , left more than 20,000 homeless.
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After all, it was only 5.7 on the Richter scale , not quite as big as the one six years ago.
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The quake epicenter was southwest of Seattle with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.8.