Little earthquake in SE Illinois

[silver]

Woke up to a little shaking this morning. 5.4

It was really long, it seems like 30 or 40 seconds. Mr. felt it too.

did you feel it?

[makbike]

Dang, I slept through it here. People in Louisville (25 miles to the west) felt it as well. All seems okay out this way.

[silver]

So what are you doing awake now?

[makbike]

So what are you doing awake now?

Getting ready for work Just 29 days to go until summer vacation!

[Andrea]

I didn't feel it in Memphis. I was fast asleep!

Although I do have a very busy set of train tracks in my back yard, so I'm used to sleeping through that type of thing.

[Duck on Wheels]

Speaking as an ol' Californian: 5.4 is not small. Big, in fact, though a long ways short of The Big One. Last 5.4 in my home town lead to several buildings being condemned due critical cracking in supporting walls.

[Mr. Bloom]

How weird it was! I felt it in Bloomington thinking we had strong winds (as I heard the walls responding like to a hard wind!)

Then, Silver called... So I felt it at least 120 miles away!

This is the 3rd 4.5+ quake in Southern Indiana in 5 years. The last one was 5.0. This one is a 5.4!

We left Memphis to get away from the New Madrid fault...and have experienced 3 quakes since...

Check the map...weird seeing a big block in the midwest!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

I'm going to Champaign/Urbana today...interesting to see how much they felt it there.

[Mr. SR500]

We felt it in Richmond, shook the dresser, etc...

[uforgot]

I felt it in central Missouri. Up early and I couldn't figure out why my dishes were rattling. It was very subtle, the house was creaking and earthquake crossed my mind as I knew my coffee pot wasn't doing it. I forgot about it until the news came on. Yes, it did last awhile!

[luv'nAustin]

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I think I remember reading somewhere that there has never been an earthquake in North Dakota.

Another plus is that there is plenty of daylight for evening rides...in the summer it stays light until nearly eleven at night!

[HoosierGiant]

Felt it!

Woke up to the sound of something rattling. Initial reaction, since we live in an old farmhouse and it's been extremely windy the past few days, was, "Man, listen to that window rattle!" Quickly deduced that the sound was not the window, had just started to get out of bed to investigate, when the bed started shaking. Thought DH was having a seizure and had just reached for him when he startled awake and sat up, reaching for the cat that he thought was having a seizure. (We used to own a deaf, epileptic cat -- the response was not without precedent.)

[HoosierGiant]

You can file a report with the US Geological Survey here:

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/cu...ciim_form.html

[Pax]

What a weird way to wake up! I was thinking "why is my honey jumping up and down on the bed in the middle of the night?".

[Brandi]

What a weird way to wake up! I was thinking "why is my honey jumping up and down on the bed in the middle of the night?".

Here is calfornia it seems like most quakes are in the early morning. I swear that is what is going to kill me. My heart races like crazy when I get woken up like that.
Once when we had a 6.8 I was on my bike. Talk about strange...I thought I had a flat tire at first, then I thought I was sick or something cause everything was swaying. Then dh grabed me to pull me to a dirt road with no power lines and told me it it was an earthquake. That would explain the lady screaming!
It was a big one but thankfully only one person was killed. There are still buildings here that need retrofitting and have warning signs on the front doors telling you you are entering an unsafe building. scarey

I am very glad you are all safe and no one was hurt! Tired but not hurt! Think of it as mother's natures way of letting us know just how small we really are here.

[HoosierGiant]

Think of it as mother's natures way of letting us know just how small we really are here.

Absolutely! The enormity and power of Earth's natural forces are truly awe-inspiring -- and a great lead-in for our homeschool science lesson today!