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Earthquakes Today

December 30, 2010 by · Comments Off on Earthquakes Today 

Earthquakes Today, (AP) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 shook parts of central Indiana, sparking a wave of calls to local residents shaken. The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website that the quake occurred at 07:55 AM EST on Thursday and was centered about five miles south of Howard County Greentown. It is about 50 miles north-northeast of Indianapolis.
No damage was immediately reported. Howard County Sheriff Chief Deputy Steve Rogers said the department has been bombarded with phone calls after the earthquake people who wonder what happened. He says some people have reported hearing a loud explosion.
Indiana University geologist Michael Hamburger told Indianapolis television station WTHR quake was felt throughout central Indiana and western Ohio. He said that the quake occurred in a “seismic is very quiet.”

Indiana Earthquake

December 30, 2010 by · Comments Off on Indiana Earthquake 

Indiana Earthquake, (AP) – The U.S. Geological Survey has reduced the estimated magnitude of an earthquake that shook parts of Indiana and four other states of the magnitude of 3.8.

Initial estimate of the agency force of the earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was. The USGS said the 7:55 EST on Thursday, was centered about five miles south of Greentown in Howard County, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis.

The USGS said the quake was felt by people as far away as Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Geophysicist Randy Baldwin said an earthquake of this magnitude to feel like a truckload of way. No damage was immediately reported, and Baldwin said he did not expect.

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