Earthquake Friday Night in St. Louis Area

(MISSOURINET) –  There was a Magnitude 2- point- 8 earthquake Friday night in Peerless Park Missouri, near St. Louis.

No one was reported injured.

The earthquake borders the new Madrid seismic zone.

The state’s emergency management earthquake program manager Jeff Briggs says many state agencies are ready to deal with a large earthquake:

This spring the state held an earthquake summit in St. Louis.