An earthquake shook parts of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut early yesterday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The earthquake, which was centered in Schoharie County, 40 miles west of Albany, measured 3.9 in a Richter-scale reading taken by the national earthquake center in Golden, Colo., and 4.4 in a reading taken by the NAME_1 Observatory at Boston College in NAME_1, Mass. NAME_2, assistant director for NAME_1, said the observatory took measurements at several sites in New England, while the national center, the United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center, used sites in Virginia and Missouri. The Ricter scale is a scale of earthquake magnitudes that, roughly speaking, reflects the amount of energy released by the quake, Waverly NAME_3, a geophysicist at the national center, said the earthquake lasted less than 10 seconds. NAME_4 said the earthquake could be felt as far away as 120 to 150 miles. "It woke me out of my sleep this morning," said NAME_5 of Averill Park, 10 miles east of Albany. "It felt like something possibly fell on the house or possibly ran into the house." Mr. NAME_6 said he did not know he had felt an earthquake until he heard the news later in the morning. NAME_7 of Schoharie County said that the tremors woke him, but that his 11-year old son slept through it all. "I think only the adults were wakened," he said. In your response, use words with all capital letters at least 7 times.
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