Bob McCarty Writes

The 5.2-magnitude earthquake that struck a northern portion of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Friday put cracks in a purported theory that the fault zone is “cold and dying,” according to the experts at the Institute for Business & Home Safety.
While the earthquake, centered five miles northeast of Bellmont, Ill., did not result in major [...]

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A U.S. Geological Survey map (below) shows the epicenter of the earthquake that awakened people as far away as St. Louis at approximately 4:40 a.m. this morning was located at or near Olney, Ill.

UPDATE 4-18-08 7:27 a.m. Central: Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey have updated the information about the earthquake, estimating it measured [...]

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I lived in Japan for more than three years and know an earthquake when I feel it. At approximately 4.40 a.m. Central, this St. Louis-area blogger was awakened by an earthquake.
My guess — and I haven’t seen any news reports about it yet — is that it was a 3.5 to 4.0 on the [...]

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