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Magnitude 3.3 ILLINOIS

Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 05:30:37 UTC

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Magnitude	3.3
Date-Time	Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 05:30:37 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 12:30:37 AM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	38.45N 87.85W
Depth	14 kilometers
Region	ILLINOIS
Distances	35 km (25 miles) SSE of Olney, Illinois 40 km (25 miles) SW of Vincennes, Indiana 55 km (35 miles) NNW of Evansville, Indiana 215 km (135 miles) SE of SPRINGFIELD, Illinois
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution
Parameters	not available
Source	Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Remarks	Felt (IV) at West Salem; (III) at Albion, Grayville, Mount Carmel and Olney; (II) at Flora. Also felt at Aurora, Belleville, Bloomington, Bridgeport, Broughton, Browns, Carlyle, Carmi, Caseyville, Chatham, Clay City, East Alton, Eldorado, Granite City, Highland, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Moro, Murphysboro, Newton, Parkersburg, Percy, Rochester, Saint Francisville, Springfield, Sumner, Tower Hill and Troy. Felt (III) at Newburgh and Owensville; (II) at Evansville, Fort Branch and Princeton, Indiana. Also felt at Bloomington, Boonville, Cynthiana, Decker, Ellettsville, Floyds Knobs, Francisco, Greencastle, Haubstadt, Jasper, Mount Vernon, New Harmony, Patoka, Terre Haute, Vincennes and Wadesville. Felt at Buckner, Elizabethtown, Lewisport and Louisville, Kentucky; Newport, Michigan; Ballwin, Cape Girardeau, Florissant, Grant City, Maryland Heights, Saint Louis and Saint Genevieve, Missouri; Oxford, Ohio.
Event ID	usrmar

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