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Early Morning Quake Shakes Ground Near New Madrid

Early Morning Quake Shakes Ground Near New Madrid
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Oct. 18, 2018 | INDIAN MOUND, MO
By West Kentucky Star Staff Oct. 18, 2018 | 07:46 AM | INDIAN MOUND, MO
The ground shook a bit Thursday morning in our region, as a magnitude 2.5 quake set off seismographs near the New Madrid Fault Line.

The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was reported along the fault line at 4:11 a.m. The quake was centered at Indian Mound, MO, about 19 miles northwest of Dyersburg, TN.

A quake of 2.5 is at the threshold of humans being able to detect the ground shaking. No damage was reported.
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