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there were 1,320 aftershocks The shaking that began at 5:46 lasted for 20 seconds.

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It occured at 5:46 pm on Tuesday, Junuary 17, 1995. The magnitude of 7.2 on the Richard scale and the duration was about 20 seconds.

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