Reported quake or seismic-like event: 30 mi east of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA, Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:03 am (GMT -6) -

4 Dec 14:12 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 8 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 4, 2022 14:03:59 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:03 am (GMT -6)
Status	uncertain
Magnitude	unknown
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	37.90146°N / 87.01815°W (Indiana, United States)
Antipode	37.901°S / 92.982°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	4 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	16 km (10 mi) NNE of Owensboro (Kentucky) (pop: 59,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Tennyson (Indiana) (pop: 293) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) SE of Booneville (Indiana) (pop: 6,180) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) S of Huntingburg (pop: 6,040) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) E of Evansville (Indiana) (pop: 119,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) E of Henderson (Kentucky) (pop: 28,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 55 km (34 mi) S of Jasper (Indiana) (pop: 15,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 877 km (545 mi) W of Washington (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds -2.5°C (27 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts)
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Seismic station: Univ. of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN (USIN/NM network) | Distance from quake: 57 km / 36 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Univ. of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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near Booneville, Warrick, Indiana (24.7 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / very short : House shook and rattled. Then items in China cabinet shook in second event that closely followed first one.

Southern Indiana USA (28.8 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Houses shock and felt in Kentucky also

24.7 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : House shook, windows rattled, there was a second rumble that sounded like thunder.

Owensboro Kentucky / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : I heard it and then I felt it

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