Earthquake Felt In Michigan
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook parts of Indiana and several other states, including Michigan, prompting a wave of calls to local police from rattled residents but causing little damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website that the quake, which was about three miles deep, occurred at 7:55 a.m. and was centered near Greentown in Howard County, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis.
USGS geophysicist Randy Baldwin said the quake, which lasted only a few seconds, was felt by people as far away as Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A listing on the agency's website even included responses from New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia.
Some residents in southwest Michigan reported feeling tremors, according to the Kalamazoo Gazette. "It's really quite remarkable how widely this was felt," said John Steinmetz, director of the Indiana Geological Survey in Bloomington. The quake initially was reported as magnitude 4.2, but the USGS later downgraded it.
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