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Ms. NICOLE ANDREWS (FEMA): From impacts on local infrastructure, sheer magnitude of making available a mobile home site, a piece of land where we can do this kind of construction to, you know, the simple fact of just not wanting hurricane evacuees in your backyard.
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That is the magnitude of the task facing the local economy.
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Garfagnana experienced a huge 6.5 magnitude quake in 1920, yet the local authorities and population have never panicked like this before.
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The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.4, hit Saturday at 4:53 p.m. local time, 37 miles northeast of Tabriz, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which measured 11 aftershocks.
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The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.4, hit Saturday at 4:53 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which said the epicenter was 23 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Ahar.
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But even the government's firmest critics agree that the magnitude of the project and the involvement of a brand name such as Disney's will boost local confidence - a vital first step if people are to start spending again and the economy is to be reflated.
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