ST. LOUIS (KMOX News)  -- UPDATED: 10:34 a.m.: The US Geological Survey reports a 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Illinois around 10:15 a.m.,  with an epicenter about 125 miles east of St. Louis. The force of the temblor could be felt throughout the St. Louis region; this event is only a few miles from the site of this morning's 5.2 magnitude quake that shook the Midwest from Kansas to Ohio. There were several, smaller aftershocks reported within the first 90 minutes of that event.


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 9:15 a.m.: The US Geological Survey has tracked at least three significant aftershocks in the vicinity of this morning's 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Southeastern Illinois. According to the USGS Earthquake Map, the three temblors occured within 90 minutes of the original event, with magnitudes ranging from 2.2 to 2.6 on the Richter scale.

8:39 a.m: It wasn't the Big One, but the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled buildings and homes from Chicago to St. Louis this morning set a new record.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake centered near West Salem, Illinois was the strongest ever felt on the Wabash Spur of the New Madrid fault zone, which produced one of the country's worst earthquakes in 1811.  USGS Geophysicist Randy Balwdin says the threat of after shocks could continue for the next few days.

It produced some minor damage but so farthereare no reports of any injuries.

5:00 a.m.: So far, no aftershocks from the 5.2 scale earthquake that shook Midwest around 4:30 this morning from Chicago to St. Louis and from to Indianapolis and Cincinnati.

The US Geological Survey says the epicenter of quake was near the town of West Salem, Illinois, about 130 miles east of St. Louis. In downtown St. Louis, windows in office buildings rattled as a faint rumbling sound could be heard. Homes as far west as St. Charles County shook hard enough to wake residents. The Associated Press reports that the quake shook tall buildings in Chicago's Loop, 240 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter.

No immediate reports of any injuries from the quake. In St. Louis, Kingshighway Boulevard was closed between Shaw and Vandeventer due to fallen concrete, possibly from the earthquake. Missouri Department of Tranportation officials said they would be checking other highways around the St. Louis area for stability.