By GREGG MONTGOMERY
WISH-TV | wishtv.com
MONTEZUMA, Ind. – A minor earthquake in West Central Indiana shook the Midwest on Thursday afternoon.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.8 magnitude quake at 3:18 p.m. Thursday was centered four miles northeast of Montezuma, a town of 980 in Parke County.
Tasha Griffin, a clerk with the town’s utility office, said no earthquake damage has been reported in the town, but that “It scared everybody.”
Quakes with a magnitude from 3.0 to 3.8 are often felt, but only cause minor damage.
Former WISH-TV News 8 anchor David Barras tweeted from his home in Carmel that he felt the quake, and others in Sheridan, Fountain County, and even Muncie told him they experienced it.
Cynthia Stewart of Peru in northern Indiana was upstairs in her three-story home when the building “creaked.” She thought a strong wind had moved through at first.
“The house was creaky outside. Some of our furniture made a rubbing noise, a creaking noise, like the drawers were moving in the frame,” Stewart said.