Morning Tremor Felt in Southeast Missouri

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was reported in southeast Missouri Wednesday morning.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey at the University of Memphis, the quake was centered 1.2 miles west of Howardsville, and 21.2 miles south of Sikeston. It occurred at 8:55 a.m.

The USGS says that a quake of 2.5 is the threshold of humans being able to detect the ground shaking.
 
No damage has been reported from this earthquake.