The magnitude 3.8 earthquake, the central Indiana, this morning met, was unprecedented in its size and location, as the geologist of the state.
"It is very irregular, very rare, unprecedented," said John Steinmetz, Director of the Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University.
The earthquake occurred at 07:55 clock was of magnitude 4.2 of the U.S. Geological Survey, reported before they downgraded to 3.8.
While New York is probably the small moderate earthquake, which almost always in the Wabash Valley fault system near Evansville.
The earthquake of magnitude 5.2, struck Indiana, including Muncie, 18 April 2008, for example, on Mount Caramel, Illinois, where the rivers Wabash and Ohio rivers converge centered.
What makes today's earthquake is so rare that of Green Town, centered about 13 miles south of Kokomo.
"They are so rare in central Indiana," said Steinmetz.
The Geological Survey of Illinois had no record of an earthquake of this size in central Indiana ever. He said he needed more time to investigate, if - if any - in the center of Indiana has been even a small earthquake.
Central Indiana is home to a fault, the failure of Fortuna, which runs through the counties of Madison and Hancock. But Steinmetz said it was too soon after 9 clock to determine whether the earthquake originated in the failure of the Fortuna.
Since the seismic activity in Central Europe Indiana is rare, relatively little information is known about the geology.
Delaware County 911 received numerous calls reports on the quake, but no injuries or damage.
Steinmetz said the quake was considered moderate enough light.
"We expect little or no damage from that," he said. "I'm not surprised if the pictures are in walls or in display cases disposed are new."
"It is very irregular, very rare, unprecedented," said John Steinmetz, Director of the Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University.
The earthquake occurred at 07:55 clock was of magnitude 4.2 of the U.S. Geological Survey, reported before they downgraded to 3.8.
While New York is probably the small moderate earthquake, which almost always in the Wabash Valley fault system near Evansville.
The earthquake of magnitude 5.2, struck Indiana, including Muncie, 18 April 2008, for example, on Mount Caramel, Illinois, where the rivers Wabash and Ohio rivers converge centered.
What makes today's earthquake is so rare that of Green Town, centered about 13 miles south of Kokomo.
"They are so rare in central Indiana," said Steinmetz.
The Geological Survey of Illinois had no record of an earthquake of this size in central Indiana ever. He said he needed more time to investigate, if - if any - in the center of Indiana has been even a small earthquake.
Central Indiana is home to a fault, the failure of Fortuna, which runs through the counties of Madison and Hancock. But Steinmetz said it was too soon after 9 clock to determine whether the earthquake originated in the failure of the Fortuna.
Since the seismic activity in Central Europe Indiana is rare, relatively little information is known about the geology.
Delaware County 911 received numerous calls reports on the quake, but no injuries or damage.
Steinmetz said the quake was considered moderate enough light.
"We expect little or no damage from that," he said. "I'm not surprised if the pictures are in walls or in display cases disposed are new."
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