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?

[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...

[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.)

[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!

[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?".

[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.

[Pax]

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.

I just got to work and am not looking forward to touring the Stacks. I'm guessing there'll be a bit of a mess in the compact (meaning electric/mobile) shelving on our west side.

[Andrea]

The scary thing about it is that in Memphis we have Mud Island- a strip of land that is bordered by the MS River on one side and a smaller one's outlet on the other side. I was on a group ride the other day and just commented about how earthquake researchers are scared that if the river is ever flooded (like it is now), and there is a significant earthquake, Mud Island will literally LIQUEFY.

Good thing it was far enough away that it wasn't strong enough to cause damage

[bike4ever]

I definitely felt it. Very odd sensation at 4:37 am. Two of my three boys slept right through it. One said he thought I was trying to wake him up too early.