2.7 quake felt near Reelfoot Lake

A small earthquake was detected Wednesday morning about 4 miles northeast of Ridgely in Lake County, Tennessee.

The quake occurred just before 8 am, and was measured at 2.7 on the Richter scale.

Several people checked in with law enforcement after feeling the quake, but no reports of damage were made.

The Ridgely and Lake County area is in the heart of the New Madrid Fault zone, and its most active section from Sikeston to Dyersburg.

As the attached map shows, dozens of minor tremors have been detected near Reelfoot Lake in the past six months, most below the threshold of 2.5 to be felt by people.