Little earthquake in SE Illinois

[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.

[Mr. Bloom]

I was in Champaign/Urbana today and didn't feel the aftershock...maybe it happened while I was in route.

Hey Andrea...when the big one hits on New Madrid fault...Mud Island won't be the only liquification problem. Almost all of NW TN is prone to liquification. That's where Reelfoot Lake came from.