SPRINGFIELD - State transportation officials launched an early morning review of bridges and roads Friday in the wake of a 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered near the border of Edwards and Wabash counties.

It was just one part of the post-quake assessment under way after residents throughout the Midwest were awakened by the 4:37 a.m. temblor.

No major injuries were reported, and inspectors didn't finding any damaged roadways.

Residents of the region, however, were dealing with a variety of property damage.

"My house looks like a war zone right now," said Judy Fields of West Salem, about eight miles from the epicenter. "It was pretty scary."

Along with a broken window and several shelves of household items being strewn on the floors of her two-story home, a toilet was split in two by the rumbling.

"The whole house was just shaking," Fields said.

Patti Thompson, spokeswoman for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, said teams began visual inspections of all bridges within a 50-mile radius of the quake.

Along with the Illinois Department of Transportation, state agencies that went on alert included the Illinois National Guard, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Department of Public Health.

Thompson said the state has received reports of property damage to homes and businesses in the region, but there have been no requests for state assistance.

"It's pretty much being handled on the local level," Thompson said.

The National Guard issued a statement that it was ready to respond if needed.

State Rep. Roger Eddy, whose district encompasses some of the area, said smaller tremors are not uncommon in the region.

But the Hutsonville Republican said the early morning shaking was a wake-up call to be prepared.

"It was a friendly reminder from God that we live on a fault line," Eddy said.

Mary Blackwood of Murphysboro was visiting her sister at Thelma's Bed and Breakfast in West Salem when the first earthquake hit.

She said occupants of the house were alarmed by the shaking, but that the old brick home sustained no major damage.

"A few things fell off the walls," Blackwood said. "If you drive down the street, you wouldn't know this happened. But inside people's houses, that's a different story."

Kurt Erickson can be reached at kurt.erickson@lee.net or 789-0865.