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5.2 Earthquake Shakes Southern Illinois

Posted by Dan Wilson on April 18, 2008

This morning a magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in southern Illinois. This comes as a surprise to most of us, but if you take a look at the FEMA map below you will see that it struck in an area of potential earthquake activity.

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