April 18, 200817 yr Woke up to it this morning lasted about 10-15 seconds; pretty weird for the Central US apparently 5.4 on the richter scale
April 18, 200817 yr I had already been up (late night drinking) and immediately knew it was an earthquake. While I live next to the street, and trucks may occasionally shake objects, it was definitely different this time. A little stronger. My dog immediately jumped up from the ground and ran upstairs. That was one clue. Another was the duration -- about 5 seconds. It should be fun watching local news reports reference the New Madrid fault while reminding people how f***ed those around Missouri/Tennessee/Kentucky/S.Illinois will be when the big one hits! Edited April 18, 200817 yr by Flash Tizzle
April 18, 200817 yr Weird, I think it was what woke up my baby this morning... http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18/illinois.earthquake/ A magnitude-5.2 earthquake, centered 131 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, shook southern Illinois early Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were few reports of damage immediately after the predawn quake, which struck at 4:36 a.m. (5:36 a.m. ET), but CNN affiliate WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, showed footage of rubble left in a street after a cornice fell off a brick building there. The epicenter of the earthquake was about three miles below ground, six miles northwest of Mount Carmel, Illinois, and 38 miles north-northwest of Evansville, Indiana, according to the USGS. Don't Miss * WRTV: Earthquake felt across Indiana * iReport.com: Quake damage? Send your pictures and video People as far north as southern Michigan and as far west as Des Moines, Iowa, reported feeling the quake, according to The Associated Press. Map » Air traffic was halted for an hour at Indianapolis International Airport while the control tower was evacuated, CNN affiliate WRTV-TV in the Indiana city reported. At least 30 people reported feeling the quake in Clarksville, Tennessee -- 227 miles south of the epicenter -- according to the USGS Web site. Buildings swayed in Chicago's Loop and people were shaken awake in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the AP reported. People as far away as southwest Michigan and northeast Georgia e-mailed CNN to say they felt the tremor. "It shook our house where it woke me up," David Behm of Philo, Illinois, told the AP. "Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California." Radio talk-show host George Noory said he felt the quake in his St. Louis home. "Everything shook," Noory said. "I thought the building was going to collapse." advertisement Bonnie Lucas, who hosts a morning show at WHO-AM in Des Moines, told the AP she felt her chair move for five seconds. The USGS said the largest historical earthquake in the region -- magnitude 5.4 -- shook southern Illinois in 1968.
April 18, 200817 yr Haha...I heard my desk shaking and woke up but went right back to sleep. Didn't think it was a freakin' earthquake.
April 18, 200817 yr During my time in Southern Illinois, I went through 4 earthquakes. i was awake when 3 of them hit and i have never felt a thing. Not that i'm complaining or anything but one time I was up studying for finals about 5 in the morning when peopple started poking their heads out asking me "What was that?" I had no idea what they were talking about. Guess I'm just not sensitive enough.
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (juddling @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 08:25 AM) During my time in Southern Illinois, I went through 4 earthquakes. i was awake when 3 of them hit and i have never felt a thing. Not that i'm complaining or anything but one time I was up studying for finals about 5 in the morning when peopple started poking their heads out asking me "What was that?" I had no idea what they were talking about. Guess I'm just not sensitive enough. That's what your girlfriend says...
April 18, 200817 yr I was at work when it hit. I'm about 100 miles from the epicenter and I definitely felt it and knew what it was. It lasted 20 to 30 seconds here.
April 18, 200817 yr I actually felt this too here near Grand Rapids, MI. It woke me up in the middle of the night and I remember thinking "Is this a f***ing earthquake?" The bed was just shaking side to side. Really weird.
April 18, 200817 yr I apparently experienced a couple small quakes back in college while a was awake and everything and I never noticed a thing. A bunch of friends all felt it and I would have never even knew they happened.
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (greasywheels121 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 05:23 AM) I kind of wish I felt this; I slept straight through it. oddly, me too. I think it would be cool to feel and earthquake. I just want to be in one that causes my house to fall in on me. A nice little earth shaker would be fun though! lol damn, i slept through it!
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 01:33 PM) That's what your girlfriend says... yeah...you're right...she does say that. Now as long as i don't hear that from the wife....i'll be ok
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 10:20 AM) I just felt something too, maybe aftershock? is it normal for it to happen 5 hours later though?
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 09:21 AM) is it normal for it to happen 5 hours later though? I have no idea, but I know when the New Madird goes, it will be ugly.
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 09:14 AM) Felt that one... where are you living? I am in the NW burbs of Chicago and didnt feel anything.
April 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 09:22 AM) I have no idea, but I know when the New Madird goes, it will be ugly. yea. I am not looking forward to that.
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