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3.4 Magnitude Earthquake on October 18, 2006 near New Madrid, Missouri

A minor earthquake occurred October 18, 2006 at approximately 3:59 p.m. Central Standard Time near New Madrid, MO. The magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) underground.

For more information on this event, see this USGS web site:  https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nm891.php

The earthquake was recorded on instruments in the Kentucky Seismic and Strong Motion Network, operated jointly by the Kentucky Geological Survey and the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Kentucky.

The graphic below is the actual record of the earthquake made by 10 Network instruments.

earthquake recording

For more information on earthquakes in this region, go to this KGS site: https://www.uky.edu/KGS/geologichazards/ .  If you felt this event please report it at Did you feel it?.
 

 

 

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