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TexasTowelie

(116,759 posts)
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 03:51 AM Oct 2019

Five earthquakes in less than an hour rattle southeast Missouri, experts say

An area of southeast Missouri experienced five earthquakes in less than hour Monday morning, experts say.

It started with a 2.6 magnitude temblor around 11:18 a.m. near Lilbourn, a small city just north of Missouri’s boot heel, according to the United States Geological Survey. A mere three minutes later, a 1.1 magnitude quake rumbled nearby.

Just before 11:30 a.m., a 2.7 magnitude quake rattled southwest of Lilbourn followed by a 1.8 magnitude quake only five minutes later, the USGS says.

It would be 23 minutes before the next quake, another magnitude 2.7, shook an area just west of Lilbourn, the USGS says.

All five quakes happened within a 40-minute window.

Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article235639232.html

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Five earthquakes in less than an hour rattle southeast Missouri, experts say (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
Some action on the New Madrid fault line perhaps? Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #1
Yes, I suspect that this isn't the type of news to read at this time of the morning. TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #2
I believe we might be shaking things up a bit Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #3

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Some action on the New Madrid fault line perhaps?
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 04:12 AM
Oct 2019

If it has a major shake things could get very "interesting."

TexasTowelie

(116,759 posts)
2. Yes, I suspect that this isn't the type of news to read at this time of the morning.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 04:17 AM
Oct 2019

It is a bit unsettling.

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