Earthquake Damage Bone Gap, Illinois

Photos by: Mary Seid

Map of southeastern Illinois showing the location of Bone Gap and the other cities where damage was sustained from the earthquake. The earthquake caused mortar damage and cracking to the abandoned high school in Bone Gap, Illinois. The U.S. Post Office in Bone Gap, Illinois, sustained damage to the upper row of bricks. A worker in Bone Gap, Illinois, inspects the damage to the U.S. Post Office. A worker checks the remaining mortar atop the U.S. Post Office in Bone Gap, Illinois. A worker removed loose bricks from the top of the U.S. Post Office in Bone Gap, Illinois, to keep them from falling to the street below. Mortar damage leaves cracks in the walls of the Monitor Lodge in Bone Gap, Illinois.


Updated 09/09/09 SLD

ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
615 E. Peabody
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-4747
info@isgs.illinois.edu

Terms of use         Privacy Statement

© 2012 University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.
For permissions information, contact the Illinois State Geological Survey.