The New Madrid Fault was restless last night

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LILBOURN, MO (KFVS) -

Residents in southeast Missouri might have felt the ground shake when seven earthquakes rattled within 2 hours of each other on Wednesday morning.

A 2.9 magnitude first hit at about 12:50 a.m. It was centered four miles south of Lilbourn, Mo. and 22 miles south of Sikeston. The quake registered 4.5 miles deep. The second earthquake rattled just a minute later. Preliminary reports from CERI at the University of Memphis show the 2.6 magnitude earthquake hit around 12:51 a.m. and was centered four miles south southeast of Lilbourn, Mo. This earthquake measured 5.3 miles deep. A third earthquake hit at 12:56 a.m. about four miles south southeast of Lilbourn. Early reports show the quake measured 2.3 magnitude and 3.1 miles deep. According to CERI, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit around 1:08 a.m. Preliminary reports show it was also centered three miles south southeast of Lilbourn, Mo. It registered five miles deep. Two smaller earthquakes rattled around 1:15 a.m. and 2:09 a.m. They measured 1.7 to 1.4 magnitude. Finally. a 2.5 magnitude earthquake rattled at about 2:26 a.m. According to CERI, the quake was centered three miles south of Lilbourn, Mo. The quake registered 5.7 miles deep.

Residents in Risco, Dexter, Matthews, and New Madrid said they felt the quakes. "[I] felt it in New Madrid sounded like a big clash of thunder & a little shake happened like a semi truck passing by," Mark Kientzy said in a comment on Facebook.

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