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Small earthquake reported in southern Illinois

Small earthquake reported in southern Illinois
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
May. 16, 2022 | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
By West Kentucky Star Staff May. 16, 2022 | 08:00 PM | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

A small magnitude 2.3 earthquake was reported in southern Illinois Monday evening.

According to the US Geological Survey at the University of Memphis, the quake was centered about 23 miles southeast of Centralia and 63 miles north of Herrin.

The USGS said a quake of 2.5 is the threshold of humans being able to detect the ground shaking.

No damage was reported from this earthquake.

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