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Southeast Missouri Records Two Quakes This Weekend

Southeast Missouri Records Two Quakes This Weekend
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Dec. 29, 2019 | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
By West Kentucky Star Staff Dec. 29, 2019 | 01:37 PM | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
Two small earthquakes have been reported in southeast Missouri this weekend.

The first, a magnitude 2.5 was reported Saturday night, and the second, a magnitude 1.7 occurred on Sunday morning.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey at the University of Memphis, the Saturday quake, at 10:24 pm, was centered 1.7 miles east/southeast of Holland, and 17.6 miles southeast of Kennett.

The Sunday quake, at 7:53 am, was centered 3.9 miles east/southeast of Marston, and 26.1 miles south of Sikeston.

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

 

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