https://apnews.com/9ddadab70a4d89fe4a2edb4dabfc36b5 > WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — A small earthquake shook the Baltimore area on Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. > The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 2.6, happened around 3:40 p.m., according to Paul Caruso, a geophysicist at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center. It was centered in Woodlawn, just west of Baltimore, and was about 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) deep.