DAYTON, Ohio -- Officials said a 4.5 magnitude aftershock rattled the Miami Valley around 11:17 am. after a 5.2 earthquake centered in southern Illinois shook the midwest early Friday morning

Viewers of News Center 7 began calling the newsroom around 11:20 a.m., reporting that doors rattled in Union City and buildings near downtown Dayton shook for about 30 seconds.

News Center 7 has received reports of the aftershock being felt in Celina, Union City, Xenia, Yellow Springs, Dayton, New Bremen, Chillicothe, and in Moraine.

Officials with the U.S. Geological Society said that the aftershock felt around 11:15 a.m. was the fifth one that has been felt. They said the previous aftershocks were a 2.6 magnitude or below.

5.2 Illinois Earthquake Rattles Ohio, Miami Valley

Early Friday morning, a 5.2 earthquake centered in southern Illinois has rocked people awake as far away as Dayton, Ohio and beyond.

Earthquake Reports: 4.5 Magnitude Aftershock Report
Earthquake Reports: 5.2 Illinois Earthquake

The state's top earthquake expert said he has received reports from people all over Ohio who felt Friday morning's Midwest quake.

Ohio Seismic Network coordinator Mike Hansen said he was sleeping and didn't feel the shaking at a little after 5:30 a.m. Friday, but a concerned person in Dayton called within two minutes to alert him.

There have been no reports of major injuries or damage in Ohio or anywhere else.

The U.S. Geological Survey puts the force of the earthquake at 5.2, and it was centered in southern Illinois. In Ohio, people as far north as the Cleveland area and as far east as Hocking County reported beds that shook or dishes that rattled.

Skyscrapers were jolted in Chicago and Indianapolis.

News Center 7’s Morning News Team Feels Earthquake

News Center 7 is a 24-hour, 7-day a week news operation and the news never stops. However, on Friday, those who normally provide the news, became the news.

The morning started off normal in the newsroom. Show producer Sarah Saunders was busy gathering news for the morning show, when the earthquake happened.

She said, “I felt like something was shaking my chair and I turned around and no one was there.”

Saunders was not the only one in the building who felt the place shake. Show producer Mandy Kruse felt something too and started getting computer messages from people all over the building.

Kruse said, “I told people that folks in radio felt something. Other people in the room felt it. We knew something was going on.”

At exactly 5:37 a.m. an earthquake hit in southern Illinois, but people in the Miami Valley did not feel the tremors until about 5:39 a.m.

News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright said at the exact same time they were live on the air, showing pictures of tulips the tremors hit.

Enright said she did not know it then, but it turned out that the earthquake was caught on camera.

Show producer Andrianne Waherer said, “I walked down into the newsroom and it was chaos. The phones were ringing off the hook as people were really worried.”

Waherer, Kruse , Saunders and the rest of the news team worked hard to calm the fears by broadcasting breaking news with up-to-the-minute information.

News Center 7’s James Brown and Natasha Williams went on the air to make sure viewers knew exactly what was happening.

Waherer said, “I was really shocked. It was unexpected. You see stuff like this all the time.”