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The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.6-magnitude earthquake rumbled across southern Illinois.

A minor earthquake rattled Wabash County, Ill., and the surrounding areas early this morning.

The Village Cafe rode out the April 18 earthquake that put this Edwards County community of around 1,100 squarely in the glare of the national media.

Q: Songbirds began to sing outside my bedroom window around five minutes before the recent earthquake.

An interim administrator has been named to oversee the operation of the Edwards County Ambulance service after the former director abruptly resigned last week.

“There's a 3-foot section of concrete that has crumbled to the point that the reinforcing steel bars are showing.”

Damage from last month's 5.2 magnitude earthquake likely will delay the normal Memorial Day weekend opening of the Fairfield municipal swimming pool. via Evansville Courier & Press

Residents are waking up to an earthquake in St. Louis County, Mo. There are no reports of damage from the early morning temblor. via KARE-TV Minneapolis

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A federal jury will resume deliberations Thursday in the trial against three former job-training officials accused of conspiring to misspend nearly $2 million in government funds. via Hawk Eye

This week's Question of the Week deals with the earthquake in southeast Illinois. via Oskaloosa Herald

Geologists who gathered a week after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Midwest said they expect mild aftershocks to rattle the region for several weeks. via The Leaf Chronicle

“The kids began to bombard me with what happened did you feel that my reaction was what do you think happened?”

Kids across Central Illinois came to class with lots of questions this morning. Teachers say students at Edison Middle School in Champaign couldn't wait to get to science class today. via IllinoisHomepage.net

The number of aftershocks linked to last week's earthquake has grown to two dozen. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro

NEWS 25 learns with all of these quakes, scholars from across the country are coming together to do research near the Mount Carmel, IL area, where residents are taking the brunt of all this activity. via WEHT

Damage was light, but the chatter nonstop in St. Louis on Friday after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake centered 130 miles away rocked the Gateway City. via KMSB-TV Tucson

Were you 'all shook up' Friday as the Heartland quaked? Tells us your earthquake story. via KFVS

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“You don't feel a magnitude 5 quake in California in nearly as big a region as you do in Illinois”

A massive rock formation 7 miles below West Salem, Ill., moved just an inch or so at 4:36 a.m. Friday, but that was enough to cause the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that broke windows and cracked walls near the ... via WGN-TV Chicago

“All we know is that there is a possibility.”

The aftershocks that rippled around this city and other parts of the Midwest on Friday were not only seismic but stupefying: That shaking and swaying in the predawn hours Friday morning, Chicagoans asked one ... via New York Times

“My brother is in Toledo, Ohio and he felt it up there. Woke us up.”

NEWS 25 has received many emails from people around the Tri-State about the earthquake. via WEHT