A small earthquake occurred Thursday night near the Golden Spike National Historic Site in northern Utah. No injuries or damage were reported.

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The magnitude 3.4 quake occurred at 7:37 p.m. four miles east-northeast of Howell and 15 miles northeast of the historic site, where the transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869.The quake originated beneath the northern end of the Blue Springs Hills in an area of frequent seismic activity, said Sue Nava of the University of Utah Seismograph Stations at Salt Lake City.

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