1909 Wabash River earthquake

1909 Midwestern earthquake May 2025 February 2025 1909 Wabash River earthquake 1909 Wabash valley earthquake map.png September 27, 1909 1909-09-27 09:45 n/a ushis488 04:45 5.1 fa y 39.8 -87.2 region:US_type:event inline,title Unknown Indiana United States VII None The 1909 Wabash River earthquake occurred at 04:45 local time on September 27 with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (very strong). It measured 5.1 on a seismic scale that is based on an isoseismal map or the event's felt area. With moderate damage in the Wabash River Valley, it is currently the strongest earthquake recorded in the U.S. state of Indiana. The earthquake occurred somewhere along a fault within the Wabash Valley seismic zone. Damage The earthquake was felt over an area of 30,000 square miles.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/indiana/history.php Indiana Earthquake History United States Geological Survey 2008-07-16 2008-11-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208195838/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/indiana/history.php 8 December 2008 live In Terre Haute, the earthquake toppled two chimneys, cracked plaster, and knocked pictures from walls. Nearby Covington, north of Terre Haute in Fountain County, experienced several fallen chimneys and some broken windows. Chimneys were "jarred loose" in Princeton, Indiana, and one chimney was even "shaken to pieces" at Olivette, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis). A brick wall was also "shook" down within St. Louis, Missouri. Reports came from various states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1909_09_27.php Historic Earthquakes: Wabash River Valley, near Terre Haute, Indiana United States Geological Survey 2008-07-16 2008-11-15 See also 1947 Wisconsin earthquake List of earthquakes in 1909 List of earthquakes in the United States References Stover C. W. Coffman J. L. Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised) – U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527 https://books.google.com/books?id=bY0KAQAAIAAJ 1993 United States Government Printing Office 3, 232 Category:1909 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in the United States Category:Natural disasters in Indiana Category:Natural disasters in Missouri Category:1909 in Indiana Category:1909 in Missouri Category:1909 natural disasters in the United States Category:September 1909 in the United States