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6 small earthquakes hit area in 5 days

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MARSTON, Mo. (WSIL) -- There have been six recorded small earthquakes hit the region in a five-day span, all hitting within several miles of each other.

These quakes happened within an area in southeast Missouri starting on April 29 through May 3.

Here is the list of tremors according to the United States Geological Survey...

April 29

  • Magnitude 1.4
  • Roughly 1 mile northeast of Marston
  • 4:18 p.m.
  • 4.4 mile depth

April 30

  • Magnitude 2.3
  • Less than 1 mile northeast of Marston
  • 1:31 a.m.
  • 4.7 mile depth
  • Two people reported feeling it with the furthest being 105 miles away in Milledgeville, Tennessee.

April 30

  • Magnitude 1.9
  • 4 miles south of Catron
  • 9:51 p.m.
  • 3.7 mile depth

May 1

  • Magnitude 2.8
  • Less than 1 mile northwest of Marston
  • 12:15 a.m.
  • 11 mile depth
  • Five people reported feeling it with the furthest about 244 miles away in Ozark, Arkansas.

May 2

  • Magnitude 2.6
  • Hits at Howardville
  • 1:31 a.m.
  • 3.6 mile depth
  • Seven people reported feeling it with the furthest being 215 miles away in Columbia, Missouri.

May 3

  • Magnitude 2.4
  • Roughly 4 miles east of Marston
  • 2:32 a.m.
  • 5 mile depth
  • One person reported feeling it 96 miles away in Memphis

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