A small earthquake struck just outside of St. Louis in southwestern Illinois Monday evening. A magnitude 2.2 quake struck at 6:52pm three-miles north of O'Fallon and 18-miles east of St. Louis. There were no reports of damage or injuries with the quake. A second earthquake occurred before 9:00pm.
A magnitude 2.0-quake struck t3-miles southeast of St. Louis near Frohna, Missouri. There were no reports of damage or injuries with that quake. The United States Geological Survey says minor quakes in the New Madrid Fault Zone are very common, with 1.3 million quakes with magnitudes between 2.0 and 2.9 occurring every year. - http://goo.gl/FiKmO
