Saturday marks anniversary of last year's earthquake

KSDK -- It has been one year since an earthquake gave St. Louisans an unexpected wake up call.

On Friday, April 18 2008, a quake registering 5.2 on the Richter Scale rumbled at 4:37 a.m. Aftershocks followed for days. The epicenter was near West Salem, Illinois.

There was no significant damage in our area, nor was anyone injured.

Click below to read some of the coverage from that day:

Local residents say earthquake scares them awake
Buildings now being made to withstand earthquakes
Aftershock rattles the St. Louis area again

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