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LACENTER, KY (WPSD Local 6) — A small earthquake was registered near LaCenter in western Kentucky.
The United States Geological Survey says a 2.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city at 11:31 a.m. The epicenter of the earthquake was about four miles southeast of LaCenter.
Anything on the 2.0-2.9 scale is considered to be very minor. People often don’t feel these but they are registered on seismographs.
There are over 1,000 of these earthquakes a day across the world.