A minor earthquake this morning about three miles east of Dillsburg, York County, measured 2.1 on the Richter Scale, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's online earthquake center.
It happened at 12:34 a.m., the USGS reported. There were no reported injuries.
It's the second earthquake in the midstate in the past few weeks. A quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale hit Lancaster County on Saturday night.
Also, in October, dozens of small earthquakes, averaging about 2.0 on the Richter Scale, rattled Dillsburg and left residents wondering if their homes and businesses were safe.
Experts say it usually takes a 4.0 on the Richter scale to crack pavement or rock.
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The economy is bad enough as it is, and no one really wants to have to take out a payday loan to patch drywall. Being ready in times of emergency is a must for us not to worry too much. Homeowners in Charleston, South Carolina, will have to do just that. Last week, a small earthquake hit Charleston with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter scale. 3.6 isn't a disaster, and the damage caused by the quake has been slight compared to other quakes that have hit the US. Other quakes have hit Charleston before, like one in 1886 that killed over a hundred. The quake that hit just recently was slight, but the history of the region indicates that a quake of that size usually is preceding one that is much larger. The 1886 quake measured, by estimates, between 6.6 to about 7.3 on the Richter scale, about three-quarters the size of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Earthquakes are notoriously tricky, if not impossible to predict, as they can't be detected until it is almost too late. You can read the article called "Charleston Earthquake | Payday Will Be Spent Fixing Drywall", on the payday loan news blog at personalmoneystore.com.