Damage
- In Mount Carmel, Illinois, a woman was trapped in her home by a collapsed porch but was quickly freed and was not hurt. Also, an old school that was converted into a two-story apartment building was evacuated because of loose and falling bricks and because the roof had started to collapse into a couple of the apartments on the top floor. The building was later condemned. A man received serious eye injuries, but did not seek immediate medical attention.
- In St. Louis, Missouri, the outer lanes on the South Kingshighway Boulevard viaduct were closed between Shaw Boulevard and South Vandeventer Avenue/Southwest Avenue for approximately thirty minutes because pieces of concrete were seen around it, and on the surface streets/railroad tracks below it.
- In Louisville, Kentucky, a facade broke off from an older building just south of downtown.
- In Harrison County, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, the riverboat casino Caesars Indiana lost power.
- In Princeton, Indiana, a woman was cut when a crystal figurine was knocked from a shelf in her home.
- Illinois and Kentucky state highway crews were investigating if any roads or bridges were damaged in the area nearest the quake, only cracks had been reported on U.S. Route 51 near Cairo, Illinois, at the state's southern tip, said Mike Claffey, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation. No roads were reported to be damaged in Kentucky, but inspections were being conducted in the Louisville, Paducah, and Henderson districts, according to the Kentucky Department of Transportation.
- Unit 4 at Gibson Generating Station automatically shut down after the earthquake due to its vibration sensors.
Read more about this topic: 2008 Illinois Earthquake
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