Southeast Missouri Wakes Up Wednesday to a New Madrid Earthquake

If you blinked, you missed it. It was brief, but there was an earthquake to make sure everyone in southeast Missouri was awake thanks to the ever-present New Madrid Fault.

I noticed on the USGS earthquake map, there was a circle in southeast Missouri early Wednesday morning. The epicenter of this not large quake was just west of New Madrid, Missouri.

This was not a large quake to say the least. The USGS has confirmed the shaker was only a 2.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale. Nothing unusual about this quake, but just a reminder that southeast Missouri remains one of if not the most seismically-active area in America even rivaling the infamous San Andreas Fault.

More than likely this is only an isolated quake, but if it's just the first of many as part of a swarm, I'll update this with new information. As it stands right now, it's business as usual in southeastern Missouri. Another day and another earthquake.