HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Emergency management officials say seven earthquakes have happened around the New Madrid fault line.
According to Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), five earthquakes have been detected near Marston, Missouri while two were detected near Ridgley, Tennessee. All of the quakes by are considered to be of a magnitude of 1 or higher. According to Michigan Technological University , an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 or less is usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. The university says millions of these types of earthquakes happen in one year.
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According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources , Evansville is among the major cities that are impacted by this zone. Every year hundreds of small earthquakes occur in the seismic area, however, most are too small to be felt by humans and can only be detected by sensitive instruments.