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The New York earthquake and solar eclipse go head-to-head on SNL

Source: NBC/Saturday Night Live

What's more impressive - a few minutes of shaking or the world plunging into darkness in the middle of the day?

That was the question posed by Saturday Night Live who pitted New York earthquake against solar eclipse during its latest round of skits this weekend.

The solar eclipse — portrayed in a huge pie-like headpiece — went head-to-head with the 4.8-magnitude earthquake, played by Marcello Hernández in a seismograph shirt and a hat adorned with

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