At 4:29 a.m. Saturday, the Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network reported a magnitude-2.5 earthquake five miles east of East Cape Girardeau, Ill. Such rumbles generally do not result in property damage, but they can be felt by people. Researchers offer a way for people to report the shaking at http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/cus.
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