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3.0 Bootheel quake felt in Paducah, Metropolis

3.0 Bootheel quake felt in Paducah, Metropolis
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By West Kentucky Star staff
Feb. 10, 2023 | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
By West Kentucky Star staff Feb. 10, 2023 | 04:22 AM | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
Dozens reported feeling an earthquake centered in Missouri's New Madrid County on Thursday night.

According to the US Geological Survey in Memphis, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake registered 4 miles south of Catron at 9:10 p.m. That's about 20 miles west of Hickman, Kentucky.

Most reports of the quake came from Bootheel residents in Portageville, New Madrid and Marston, but there were also reports of people feeling the quake in Paducah, Metropolis and Harrisburg.

As of Friday morning, 58 people reported to the USGS they felt the quake.

The first report from the USGS measured the quake as a magnitude 3.3, but it has since been downgraded to a magnitude 3.0.
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