By AP/KWMU
Blandville, KY – Geological experts say a four-point-five magnitude earthquake in Kentucky this morning could be felt as far away as the St. Louis area. The quake hit shortly before 7:30 a-m near Blandville, Kentucky, about ten miles from the Missouri border. No one was injured and sheriff's dispatchers in southeast Missouri had no reports of earthquakes or damage in the region this morning.
The temblor struck within the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Earthquake scientists say some of the largest quakes ever in North America struck in the zone during 1811 and 1812. The zone includes parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
The U-S Geological Survey says the quake was felt as far west as St. Louis' western suburbs, as far north as Alton, Illinois, just north of St. Louis.