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Earthquake in southwestern Indiana

Monday, August 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM

By Steve Anderson

The Unites States Geological Survey (USGS) reports there was a mild earthquake in southwestern Indiana late last week.

The magnitude 2.6 tremor was detected Friday in the Cynthiana / Poseyville area around 3 p.m. CT. That is about 10-20 miles north of Evansville and around 30 miles east of Carmi in White County, Illinois.

It had a depth of approximately 18.8 kilometers.

The quake was felt over a small area. No damage was reported. The tremor was the latest in a series of sporadic events in the New Madrid Fault area, a multi-state region of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri prone to potential earth movements.

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