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Title: Earthquake
Post by: mercury-man on April 18, 2008, 06:51:04 AM
At about 4:35am (cdt) we got woke up to a 5.4 Earthquake and just about scared the living  out everybody in the house. They are saying it centered in the mid state of Illinois and could be felt as far away as W.Virginia and some other surrounding states. I hope nobody got hurt during this moving experience. :shakehead



Dan & Paula :cougarsmily: ;)
Title: Earthquake
Post by: Chuck W on April 18, 2008, 06:52:10 AM
Yup. woke me up here in Indy.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: vinnietbird on April 18, 2008, 07:00:11 AM
Down here in Oklahoma,we just use alarm clocks to wake us up.We don't need those fancy shmancy earthquakes.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: vinnietbird on April 18, 2008, 07:00:49 AM
By the way,rust.....earthquakes....what else do you guys have that we don't?
Title: Earthquake
Post by: yellow86coogr on April 18, 2008, 07:13:59 AM
Didn't feel it here, between columbus n cinci n dayton. I'm figidty too as well, so I may have missed it. Sounds big for the area though, yuck!
Title: Earthquake
Post by: daminc on April 18, 2008, 07:34:52 AM
Quote from: vinnietbird;214537
By the way,rust.....earthquakes....what else do you guys have that we don't?


Blizzards
Title: Earthquake
Post by: daminc on April 18, 2008, 07:35:38 AM
oh, I didn't feel anything here
Title: Earthquake
Post by: V8Demon on April 18, 2008, 07:35:57 AM
Quote from: vinnietbird;214537
By the way,rust.....earthquakes....what else do you guys have that we don't?


Oceanfront views ans scenic water locations:flip:

And SEAGULLS :crazy:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: irv on April 18, 2008, 07:39:09 AM
felt i nw ill . up by rockford.[yes we have winter, rust,rain,
and grass to mow].--irv
Title: Earthquake
Post by: daminc on April 18, 2008, 07:42:17 AM
Quote from: vinnietbird;214537
By the way,rust.....earthquakes....what else do you guys have that we don't?


Niagara Falls
Title: Earthquake
Post by: DerikWayne on April 18, 2008, 08:01:59 AM
Felt it in Owensboro, Kentucky... freakin' woke me up!! I thought the cat was going to climb the bedroom wall, lol.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: ipsd on April 18, 2008, 09:46:11 AM
Wow that is kinda scary. When was the last time there was an earthquake in the central united states. Oh yeah and Vinnie if the one that made the Mississippi flow backwards and rang bells in Boston happens again I bet you will feel it.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: BCA on April 18, 2008, 10:15:22 AM
It woke me up too.
Our Lab sleeps on the floor next to the bed and I thought it was her pushing on the bed or something, I looked at her and she was still sleeping.
At that point I thought maybe I was imagining things and went back to sleep.

When I heard it on the radio this morning, it all made sense.

Brent
:cougarsmily:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: ipsd on April 18, 2008, 10:58:19 AM
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/52-earthquake-rocks-large-region-of/n20080418104209990006
Title: Earthquake
Post by: tireshredder on April 18, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
Woke me up here.  Woke up again at 4:47 from hearing my dad calling someone to talk about it.:wtf:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: gumby on April 18, 2008, 12:30:24 PM
first one ive ever felt. was weird.

and i missed the  aftershock. we pushed off a car to go racing tonight, and after we got it all checked out and shut off, they were talkin on the radio about the aftershock that just happened :mad:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: mercury-man on April 18, 2008, 01:45:37 PM
Since this morining we've had 3 or 4 little tremors and within the last hour and a half...another 4.6 after shock gave us another jolt. :eek: :eek: :mad:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: Blackout on April 18, 2008, 03:23:26 PM
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/04/18/quake.on.air.wfie
Title: Earthquake
Post by: tc² on April 19, 2008, 12:12:31 AM
Didn't feel it, but I sleep through everything.

Woke my mom up though.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: BEARMAX on April 19, 2008, 12:45:06 AM
wow i felt it all the way down here but then i realized that my wife had farted:fart: :fart:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: jcassity on April 19, 2008, 01:39:48 AM
i was gettin some then so it wouldnt have made much difference:shakeass:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: DVP on April 19, 2008, 02:39:19 PM
I thought it was my dog scratching her ear, she sleeps at the foot of the bed (when she doesnt try to push me off) so i went to nudge her with my foot and when i did it didnt stop and she barked or growled and i looked down an she was looking at me like what the hell? Then i realized that mybottles where clanking and it was an earthquake. It was awesome. 1st one Ive been in.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: mercury-man on April 21, 2008, 10:54:10 AM
These aftershocks just keep coming another 4.5 tremor hit here about 12:30am this morning.....When are they going to  "S T O P"
Title: Earthquake
Post by: Blackout on April 21, 2008, 01:49:20 PM
I felt the initial one here in Madison, it woke me up.  My buddy woke up too, about 20 miles away.  His Wife said that her computer monitor shook a bit and the pencils on the desk rattled around.  I remember waking up, but not why I woke up.  I found out that afternoon that there had been an earthquake.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: Haystack on April 22, 2008, 12:01:20 AM
Quote from: V8Demon;214542
Oceanfront views ans scenic water locations:flip:

And SEAGULLS :crazy:


We have seagulls and were land locked. I think its out state bird.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: yellow86coogr on April 22, 2008, 02:35:20 AM
We have lots of seagulls out here. I could care less about having an ocean view. Blue water forever sounds kinda boring ;)

Not allot of flat land in SW, Ohio, must be one reason we don't fell it like you guys do in Indy.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: mercury-man on April 22, 2008, 12:01:12 PM
My morning paper has said we've had a total of 21 earthquakes since last friday. I personally would like these things to "END" :mad:
Title: Earthquake
Post by: Chuck W on April 22, 2008, 12:05:48 PM
I think that is a bit of an exaggeration...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html
Title: Earthquake
Post by: mercury-man on April 22, 2008, 12:11:16 PM
These reporters don't have anything else to do so I believe you a hundred percent "Chuck". Only because I've felt the 2 bigger ones so far.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: Chuck W on April 22, 2008, 12:17:24 PM
Well they may be including ALL the small aftershocks.

I just noticed that that site only lists those over 2.5.  In that respect there have only been 1/2 doz or so.
Title: Earthquake
Post by: ZondaC12 on April 22, 2008, 12:25:23 PM
Quote from: BEARMAX;214719
wow i felt it all the way down here but then i realized that my wife had farted:fart: :fart:

 
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:  I about DIED when I read that. Wow. Abosolute WIN.