Tagged: earthquake

Regional
10:17 am
Wed April 3, 2013

Small Quake Rattles Western Kentucky

Parts of southeastern Missouri, western Tennessee and western Kentucky got a little bit of a shake overnight.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 2.7 earthquake rumbled through the area around 10:20 p.m. CDT Tuesday.

WPSD-TV in Paducah reported the epicenter registered southeast of Portageville, MO. That area is in the New Madrid seismic zone, which the Geological Survey considers the most active zone in North America east of the Rockies.

There were no damage reports from the quake.

Environment
2:37 pm
Mon November 12, 2012

Expert: Kentucky Earthquake Not Due to Mining

A University of Kentucky geologist says the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky over the weekend was too deep to be induced by the region's underground mining activity.

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