Minor quake in Illinois

Southeast Missourian A magnitude-2.9 earthquake was recorded six miles from Mount Carmel, Ill. at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. The region shook with a 5.2 temblor April 18 and has experienced intermittent aftershocks since. Mount Carmel is less than 200 miles from Cape Girardeau. The Bootheel area has experienced 111 small earthquakes, including a magnitude-1.9 quake eight miles north of East Prairie, Mo., on June 5...