WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Illinois was rocked by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake early Friday morning, and there have been no reports of major casualties or significant damages.
The epicenter of the earthquake that took place around 4:37 a.m. (0937 GMT) was about three miles (4.83 kilometers) below ground, six miles (9.6 kilometers) northwest of Mount Carmel, Illinois, and 38 miles (60.8 kilometers) north-northwest of Evansville, Indiana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region covering parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, stretching from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, the USGS said.
According to the USGS, the largest earthquake that happened in the region in 1968 was a magnitude 5.4.
Apart from southern Illinois, the earthquake also shook downtown Indianapolis, southern Michigan and as far west as Des Moines, Iowa, local media reported.
As of 9 a.m. ET (1300 GMT), nearly 10,000 people had reported their feeling of the earthquake to the USGS website.
I was asleep while being woke to the earth shacking do to an earthquake, It is not everyday you wake to these in the midle of the night. Minor damage to a few buildings around Louisville Ky. _________________
Isn't it funny, you hear a phone ring, and it could be anybody, but a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it.
I went to the Museum of Natural History and they had an earthquake attraction there. It showed there were earthquakes occuring around the world every minute, although some of them very low. _________________ ^made by Fiendfyre
I went to the Museum of Natural History and they had an earthquake attraction there. It showed there were earthquakes occuring around the world every minute, although some of them very low.
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there are over 500 a day here. too small to notice tho. only machines pick it up. _________________
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I hate it when they tell us how far we came to be as if our peoples history started with slavery
UPDATE: 4.2 aftershock shook April 21, 2008 1:30 am. This is said to be the last affects of the earthquake. _________________
Isn't it funny, you hear a phone ring, and it could be anybody, but a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it.
It was nothing, just 2 seconds of shacking. _________________
Isn't it funny, you hear a phone ring, and it could be anybody, but a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it.
Just like one of those rides at Universal Studios with shacking, only it is everywhere and much shorter. _________________
Isn't it funny, you hear a phone ring, and it could be anybody, but a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it.
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