eArThQuAke

Earthquake.

In Illinois.

Last night.

Yes.

I was up last night doing "work" on the PC and I felt/heard a rumble and the big ol' CRT monitor starts shaking. I thought "Christ, did the furnace blow up?" Not kidding, I freaked out a little. Empty house at 4:00 in the morning a things are shaking?

According to the news:

Reports indicate that a 3.8 magnitude quake hit Sycamore in Illinois today about 45 miles away from Chicago. Generally the quakes are not noticeable, but this one was bigger than usual.

The quake struck about 3.1 miles underground and thus was not a significant or dangerous quake by most means. There were some damages but no reports of injuries. The quake was felt from Illinois to Indiana.

California's got nothing on us.

We had one in New Orleans a few years ago that made people's pool water rock back and forth. I think it was around a 3.0 and I did not feel it.

I was fast asleep on a bunk bed in a 28 story tall building. Did not feel it. I have a feeling if I were at home I would have, one of my prof's said he felt it. My mom said Ralph (the dog) woke up and went crazy over it.

Appleseed wrote: Earthquake. In Illinois. Last night. Yes. I was up last night doing "work" on the PC and I felt/heard a rumble and the big ol' CRT monitor starts shaking. I thought "Christ, did the furnace blow up?" Not kidding, I freaked out a little. Empty house at 4:00 in the morning a things are shaking? According to the news: Reports indicate that a 3.8 magnitude quake hit Sycamore in Illinois today about 45 miles away from Chicago. Generally the quakes are not noticeable, but this one was bigger than usual. The quake struck about 3.1 miles underground and thus was not a significant or dangerous quake by most means. There were some damages but no reports of injuries. The quake was felt from Illinois to Indiana. California's got nothing on us.

3.8...

They need another quarter. the bed will keep shaking that way. It takes a 5.0 to even wake us up any more.

Appleseed said: Reports indicate that a 3.8 magnitude quake hit Sycamore in Illinois today about 45 miles away from Chicago. Generally the quakes are not noticeable, but people in this area are Bob Costas.

There I fixed it for you

you can feel a 3.8?

About 8 years ago there was a quake around the Adirondacks area in NY. It didn't wake us up in Watkins Glen about 200 miles away but my dad's four dogs just went absolutely batnuts. We joked all morning about "haha, maybe it was an earthquake the dogs could sense but we can't", then we turned on the news a few hours later....

GlennS wrote: you can feel a 3.8?

ROFL! You sound like my sister & BIL in Seattle. They turn around to find their coffee cup's moved an inch or so from where they set it down on the countertop and say, "..oh, we must have had a tremor.."

GlennS wrote: you can feel a 3.8?

When you live in an area that the biggest tremors come from trains and semis, yes.

Jamesc2123 wrote: About 8 years ago there was a quake around the Adirondacks area in NY. It didn't wake us up in Watkins Glen about 200 miles away but my dad's four dogs just went absolutely batnuts. We joked all morning about "haha, maybe it was an earthquake the dogs could sense but we can't", then we turned on the news a few hours later....

I remember that one. I felt that quake here in NH. Thought it was the train going by the apartment I was living in at the time. The train tracks ran about 75 yards behind the building.

For us folks who live on stable ground, it's quite unnerving the first time you feel an earthquake (we had one a year or so back that I felt here in MO...I think it was in IL somwhere).

In any case...I did not realize that I had this very simple assumption my entire life up until that point:

"The earth does not move."

Having that assumption shattered left me feeling a little out of sorts. I wasn't freaked out...I enjoyed it, but it's funny to have an "Earth Moving" moment like that...

Clem

ClemSparks wrote: "The earth does not move." Clem

Gee, Mrs.Mini tells me she feels the earth move sometimes when we are 'intimate'!

Appleseed wrote: Earthquake. In Illinois. Last night. Yes. California's got nothing on us.

D00derama. The New Madrid Fault runs right up the middle of the country and it is overdue for a big release. Last time the New Madrid really let go (about 170 years ago), the Mississippi flowed NORTH for a bit. When it actually drops the big one, it's going to make Loma Prieta look like a bar fight.