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Day after earthquake in Kentucky, one detected in neighboring Illinois

Day after earthquake in Kentucky, one detected in neighboring Illinois
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Day after earthquake in Kentucky, one detected in neighboring Illinois
There was an earthquake Monday night in Illinois, just a day after one was recorded in neighboring Kentucky.The quake happened in Lerna, Illinois at 11:43 p.m. CDT. That’s in southeastern Illinois, about an hour from Indiana and a little less than a four-hour drive from Louisville.The U.S. Geological Survey said it registered at a magnitude of 3.3 at about six miles below the earth’s surface.USGS said the quake would have caused some people to feel light to moderate shaking within a 155-mile radius. Sunday morning, a magnitude-2.8 earthquake was detected about 20 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.The day before that, a magnitude-4.1 earthquake was detected in Tennessee about 30 miles south of Knoxville.USGS estimated around 840,000 people would have felt light shaking from that quake.

There was an earthquake Monday night in Illinois, just a day after one was recorded in neighboring Kentucky.

The quake happened in Lerna, Illinois at 11:43 p.m. CDT.

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That’s in southeastern Illinois, about an hour from Indiana and a little less than a four-hour drive from Louisville.

The U.S. Geological Survey said it registered at a magnitude of 3.3 at about six miles below the earth’s surface.

USGS said the quake would have caused some people to feel light to moderate shaking within a 155-mile radius.

Sunday morning, a magnitude-2.8 earthquake was detected about 20 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.

The day before that, a magnitude-4.1 earthquake was detected in Tennessee about 30 miles south of Knoxville.

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USGS estimated around 840,000 people would have felt light shaking from that quake.