Little earthquake in SE Illinois

[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!

[Brandi]

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!

Definatly a good lesson!

[Trek420]

-- and a great lead-in for our homeschool science lesson today!

And history. I don't know what grade your kid/kids are but I was fascinated by:

Quake

It's the aftermath of the '06 quake. I've got it somewhere here in the remodel zone, packed? On the one bookshelf? Who's the author? Hmmmm. But I do know where the earthquake supplies are.

[Flybye]

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!

Thread drift - my apologies - My hats off to you - I homeschooled for 1 1/2 years!

I am glad to hear that all is well with everyone. The only quake I was in was over 15 years ago. I thought a huge delivery van was coming down the street.

[HoosierGiant]

Thread drift - my apologies - My hats off to you - I homeschooled for 1 1/2 years!

And we continue to drift... This is my sixth year. Love it!! But, I have very motivated learners who devour every book in sight and who are constantly adding work to their assignment sheets. Makes it tough to keep up with them, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

[Geonz]

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?".

I thought the cat had jumped on the bed... big cat, small bed, not there... and why's he jumping up and down? That must be what an earthquake feels like... hmmm... what would I do? Not go outside... get under desk. Went back to sleep.

I was surprised that it actually was an earthquake. Other people felt the aftershock, but I reckon I have to be lying down to notice

[Pax]

I thought the cat had jumped on the bed... big cat, small bed, not there... and why's he jumping up and down? That must be what an earthquake feels like... hmmm... what would I do? Not go outside... get under desk. Went back to sleep.

I was surprised that it actually was an earthquake. Other people felt the aftershock, but I reckon I have to be lying down to notice

Students are coming in and asking if we felt the aftershocks here (main library building), we haven't felt a thing...I guess this building is too big to shake.

[jobob]

It seems nowhere is really immune from earthquakes.

The first one I ever felt was when I was living in a suburb of Boston during grad school - the epicenter was in southern Maine.

Although I live in earthquake land now - near the Hayward fault, no less! - I console myself with the fact that our region is more prepared for it than most. kinda sorta.

[liberty]

St. Louis felt it too! Both of them. The 5.2, and the one we had an hour or so ago, 4.5. Very interesting sensation. I did like a lot of you, thought it was my cat. And then maybe my brother walking around (mobile homes have very interesting floor movement), and then I checked outside to see if it was a tornado. Just an earthquake. It is very interesting to realize your house is only sitting on concrete blocks and held down with a metal tie...

[sundial]

We didn't feel it and I'm surprised. We are sitting on one of the most active faults in the US--the New Madrid fault.

Dad and I were talking about earthquakes the other day. He thinks that with all the flooding the water will lubricate the plates which will cause more movement.

[bike4ever]

I didn't feel the aftershock. I was walking through Target and heard employees speaking about it. Oh, well. Just more to chit chat about.

[singletrackmind]

My husband thought I was shivering and shaking the bed but then he realized the sliding closet doors were rattling, as was all the stuff sitting on dressers, tables, etc.
Sounds like a little of the Kingshighway bridge crumbled but that's all I've heard of so far.

He felt the aftershock but I was spinning so I was only feeling the suffering.