Minor Quake Shakes Central and Southern Illinois

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported early this morning near Taylorville and was felt from Bloomington to south of St. Louis, and from Champaign to Macomb.

It happened just before 1:30 this morning. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of a tenth of a mile beneath the epicenter. No damage or injuries reported. One meteorological source says this was the first earthquake centered in Christian County since record-keeping began…

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