Anyone else feel the earthquake?

[lynnmosher]

Penny73787 and I are in the area of the 5.2 earthquake centered around Bellmont (sp?) IL. I was sound asleep. It woke up Penny. She's closer to it than I am. Just curisous if anyone else is in the area of the rumbling...

[tneeley]

Oh, oh, Lynn, I did! I did!!! We're in Shelbyville, TN, and at 4:38 a.m. our fireplace grill and things on our deck were vibrating and we recognized it from the last small earthquake! It really gets you to thinking, doesn't it?

[lynnmosher]

I just pray it isn't the start of things that will bring on anything from the New Madrid fault! That could be a disastrous one! Glad you're okay!

[Knight of Christ]

Ya we felt it here in south east OH as well

[lynnmosher]

Wow! I didn't realize the rumbling went in your direction.

[Timber Wolf]

uhhh I'm sorry but I think y'all are hallucinating, they don't have earthquakes in the midwest I hate ta tell ya.

[christianbkworm]

I didn't feel it here in Oklahoma, but I did hear about it and see video. Makes you wonder. We actually had one here not to long ago either, a small one.

Blessings,
Lisa

[Rebecca]

No hallucination, it really happened (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS06/80418008/1008/news06). ;)

Rebecca

[jacks girl]

Yea I heard it was felt in Eastern Ky too.

[lynnmosher]

LOL! TW, I know you're kidding but I'll post this in case you didn't know. This area is on the New Madrid fault line. This is very interesting. It's taken from Wikipedia...

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the contiguous U.S., occurred on Feb. 7, 1812 was the New Madrid Earthquake. Named for its primary location in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, near New Madrid, Louisiana Territory (now Missouri).

Three other major quakes preceded it: two on Dec. 16, 1811, and one on Jan. 23, 1812. These earthquakes destroyed approximately half the town of New Madrid. There were also numerous aftershocks in the area for the rest of that winter.

It is estimated that the earthquakes were felt strongly over 50,000 square miles (130,000 km²), and moderately across nearly one million square miles. The historic San Francisco earthquake of 1906, by comparison, was felt moderately over 6,000 square miles (16,000 km²).

It is estimated that they had a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale. As a result of the quakes, large areas sank into the earth, new lakes were formed (notably Reelfoot Lake, TN), and the Mississippi River changed its course, creating numerous geographic exclaves, including Kentucky Bend, along the state boundaries defined by the river.

Some sections of the Mississippi River appeared to run backward for a short time. Sandblows were common throughout the area, and their effects can still be seen from the air in cultivated fields. Church bells were reported to ring in Boston, MA, and sidewalks were reported to have been cracked and broken in Washington, D.C.

[Timber Wolf]

Well I guess that's bigger than the 6.8 we had here in Seattle in FEB 01, but it's still tiny compared to the Alaska Good Friday Quake (9.2)
So, OK maybe they had one real earthquake, but 5.2 - Phah not a real quake, just an mild after shock to quakes I've been in (9.2, 6.2, 6.8)

[Knight of Christ]

Tibmber woulf there is one thing you are forgetting, youre folk are used to and even prepared for such events. you're structures are desinged to deal with such forces.

Thats not the story here.