The New Madrid Fault was active Monday locally and just across the Mississippi River in Missouri.
Just after midnight Monday morning, a 3.0 earthquake was recorded near Lilbourn Missouri, along with a 2.0 tremor near Portegville.
At 4:30 in the morning, a 2.1 earthquake occurred near Howardville, followed by a small 1.8 tremor just south of Ridgely.
At 7:30 on Monday morning, a 2.2 earthquake was recorded near Marston, about 80 miles from Union City.
The last recorded tremor of 2.2 took place near Matthews, Missouri, which is about 37 land miles from Hickman.
