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Earthquakes rock the New Madrid region

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by Heartland News

RIDGELY, Tn (KFVS) - Did you feeling it this morning?  Two earthquakes hit along the New Madrid fault zone this Thanksgiving weekend.

The first one happened around 11:30p.m. Thursday night.  The 1.3 quake hit about 5 miles south of Ridgely, TN and about 10 miles east of Caruthersville, MO.  There was no damage and no one was hurt in the quake.

The second one happened around 6:10a.m. Friday morning.  The 2.5 quake was about 3 miles southeast of Ridgely, TN  and about 10 miles south southeast of Tiptonville, TN.

There was no real damage in that quake either.

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