A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled the St. Louis region early yesterday with no reports of damage, according to published reports.
About 2,600 people reported having felt the quake in Washington County, Mo., according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The U.S. National Weather Service in Paducah reports the earthquake was centered 51 miles southwest of St. Louis and started around 3:10 a.m., Tuesday.
The tremor was picked up by a seismic station at Salem, Ky.
Residents in southern Illinois reported feeling it, and reports came into the USGS Web site from as far away as Ohio and Alabama, according to WPSD TV.
