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Title: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: lurch91 on April 18, 2008, 01:36:34 PM
About 5:37 am EDT, felt like someone was trying to pickup our house here in Indianapolis, IN.  Woke our daughter up, but the dog could have cared less.
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: spiral97 on April 18, 2008, 01:37:58 PM
Quote from: lurch91 on April 18, 2008, 01:36:34 PM
About 5:37 am EDT, felt like someone was trying to pickup our house here in Indianapolis, IN.  Woke our daughter up, but the dog could have cared less.

sure it WASN'T the dog?
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: spiral97 on April 18, 2008, 01:42:01 PM
actually.. funny you asked - I just hit up slashdot and they have a link to the US earthquake info site.. here are the events from today:

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/cus/

you probably felt this one:
21 miles SW of Vincennes, Indiana APR 18 2008    04:36:58 CDT    5.2 magnitude
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: lurch91 on April 18, 2008, 01:42:45 PM
Yes, the epicenter was in Southern IL, and only ranked as a 5.2 on the Ritcher Scale - mild/non-existent for a Californian.  But to us midwesterners, that felt it, it was kind of exciting.

And while our Boston Terrier can pass explosive gas to blow the windows out of the house, I was SURE it wasn't her.
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: spiral97 on April 18, 2008, 01:45:46 PM
there was a second one 6 hours later near you too:
20 miles SSE of Olney, Illinois APR 18 2008   10:14:17 CDT   4.6 magnitude
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: lurch91 on April 18, 2008, 01:53:38 PM
Yep, felt that one too while at work.  And I know it wasn't the dog again.
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: spiral97 on April 18, 2008, 02:22:19 PM
Some CNN videos regarding the quake:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/04/18/quake.on.air.wfie

and a few more in the grib below the video
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: tower912 on April 18, 2008, 02:38:04 PM
I blamed the mexican food I had for dinner.... ;D   Lurch, it was felt in Kalamazoo, less so in Grand Rapids.   Did the folks notice?
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: Pakuni on April 18, 2008, 02:46:09 PM
Earthquake?!?!

My wife told me that was all my doing!  ;)
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: lurch91 on April 18, 2008, 03:04:20 PM
Quote from: tower912 on April 18, 2008, 02:38:04 PM
I blamed the mexican food I had for dinner.... ;D   Lurch, it was felt in Kalamazoo, less so in Grand Rapids.   Did the folks notice?

I haven't talked to them yet today.  I'd be interested to see if anyone in Milwaukee, Kansas City or Little Rock felt it.
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: muwarrior87 on April 18, 2008, 04:55:13 PM
one of the girls in one of my classes said she felt it but i for sure didn't. so at least one person in Mke felt it.
Title: Re: Anyone else feel the earthquake this morning?
Post by: farmdaddy on April 18, 2008, 09:07:35 PM
Slept right through it.  I felt the aftershock at 10 though
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