Emergency Response
Many precautionary measures were taken after the initial quake, including several evacuations. All Vincennes University dormitories were evacuated as a precaution, but no damage was discovered and students were allowed to return after about 45 minutes. A coal mine in Gibson County, Indiana, was also evacuated after the earthquake, but miners returned to work shortly afterwards.
The Gibson County, Indiana, 9-1-1 system was briefly knocked offline due to a flood of calls resulting from the earthquake, but after about 15 minutes service was restored.
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