Excitement in the AM (OT)

There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS,
it was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of
Vincennes, IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past the
house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php
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Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to
USGS, it was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW
of Vincennes, IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past
the house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php
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According to the news here in the Carolina Lowcountry, it was felt in some
Atlanta suburbs, too! IIRC this is the same fault (New Madrid) that runs
near Memphis before veering off to Marked Tree, AR.

Jill

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:15:47 -0400, Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:

There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS,
it was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of
Vincennes, IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

Nancy was late leaving for work today because of that quake. She had to
spend some time looking for USGS info on the quake so she could put a
story about it up on the newspaper website and get a story ready for the
print edition.

It figures. I leave CA, and the earthquakes follow me. I'm just glad
nobody was hurt.

Dan

"Magic Mood Jeep ©" wrote in message
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There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS, it
was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of Vincennes,
IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past the
house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php


That would be a New Madrid quake, wouldn't it? That seismic area is huge,
but you rarely hear about it in comparison with the west coast.

We have tiny little quakes here, occasionally. They're barely noticeable,
but it's a fallacy that there's no seismic activity here in the northeast.

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That's a reasonably good sized quake, especially for an area that seldom has
them. The way you felt it is the way I feel most of ours, if they're over
4.5 or so. I don't usually feel anything smaller. Once every 20 years or
so, we get one that makes you sit up (or fall down) and take notice.

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"Magic Mood Jeep ©" wrote in message
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There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS, it
was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of Vincennes,
IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past the
house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php
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"Magic Mood Jeep ©"
There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS, it
was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of Vincennes,
IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past the
house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php

I hate earthquakes. Glad nobody was hurt.
Seattle had one back in about 2001 (?) a 6.8 and it scared the crap out of
me.
Hug
Kyla
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jmcquown wrote:
Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to
USGS, it was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW
of Vincennes, IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past
the house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php

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According to the news here in the Carolina Lowcountry, it was felt in
some Atlanta suburbs, too! IIRC this is the same fault (New Madrid)
that runs near Memphis before veering off to Marked Tree, AR.

Jill

I read where it was a branch of the New Madrid fault, but can't remember
what it's name was ...

here's more info
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...6.html#summary

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it was quite strong in the hotel we were in in STL, Lee
Magic Mood Jeep © wrote in message
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There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS,
it was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of
Vincennes, IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past the
house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php
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Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
There was, apparently, and earthquake this morning. According to USGS,
it was 5.4, centered in Illinois (NW of Evansville, IN, and SW of
Vincennes, IN), was felt as far away as St. Louis, MO!

All we felt was the floor shake, as if a very heavy truck drove past the
house (or some young idiot with a boom-car).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...39.-89.-87.php


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