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Witness location : Mount Carmel (USA) (8 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

  I had just had breakfast and got back into bed to watch tv.  I heard a kinda load boom and the house felt like it was shifting off its foundation it was very brief and didn't last but a few seconds maybe 10 at the most.  I went out outside to look because it was as if something blew up

Witness location : Albion (USA) (14 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 150 min

Sitting on the couch I felt a shaking for maybe 5 seconds. Nothing broke in my home. I ran outside but haven't felt any aftershock yet.

Witness location : Grayville (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 407 min

Woke us up! Knew exactly what it was!

Witness location : Owensville (USA) (22 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 86 min

Sounded like a bomb. Shook entire house.

Witness location : Wadesville (USA) (40 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Very loud rumble that went on for a while. Shaking and dishes clinked for a long time.

Witness location : Vincennes (USA) (46 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Was sitting still and felt slight shaking.

Witness location : Evansville (USA) (51 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt a hard shake for a brief second, thought someone fell in the house.

Witness location : Evansville (USA) (54 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Sitting at my desk at work and felt the ground shake and heard a rumble.

Witness location : McLeansboro (USA) (66 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 205 min

i was laying in bed. ab to get ready for school when i felt my whole house shake.

Witness location : Newburgh (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

I was laying in bed and felt My bed vibrate. My daughter ran out of her room and said "did you feel that?"

Witness location : Robinson (USA) (69 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Two large thumps...minor rattling after each.

Witness location : Carterville (USA) (126 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 119 min

We were in bed and we heard it. My son ran downstairs and asked us if we felt the earthquake. He said his bed was shaking.

Witness location : Nashville (USA) (129 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 96 min

I noticed some items on my coffee table quaking slightly. When I placed my hand on the table, I could feel it shaking.

Witness location : Murphysboro (USA) (147 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Rural Murphysboro, IL. Laying on the couch, felt some shaking and the windows rattled. Nobody else in the house felt it.

Witness location : Alton (USA) (203 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Was lying in the bed and it began to shake. Then  my armoire began to shake. I knew it was an earthquake. It lasted less than a minute.

Witness location : Saint Charles (USA) (231 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Was laying in bed awake. Bed trembled for a time, long enough that it had me questioning whether it was an earthquake.