Illinois Earthquake

[RobS]

Anyone feel it? Apparently I was driving at the time but several people at work (South Bend, Indiana) felt it and my sister in central Illinois had things knocked off her tables at home.

 

[Bill Barrett]

Yep, had the bed rock-in and roll-in. I'm 70 mi south of Chicago.

 

[bmac]

They reported on the Atlanta radio station this AM that it was felt by some in the northern Atlanta suburbs.

 

[lhfarm]

I'm in south central Indiana. My dog felt it before I did and had me up. It was as strong as any quake I can remember in my sixty years.

 

[Jeff244]

We live about 80 miles south of Olney in Hardin County IL. The place was shaking a lot. At first I thought it was a tornado but then realized it was an earthquake. I heard that it lasted for about 6 seconds but it felt a lot longer than that. Haven't found any damage, except the satellite tv cable became loose and the picture was fuzzy until I fixed it, that was scary


Jeff

 

[DJFaninTN]

it's all Bush's fault ... and I predict that oil prices will jump .. just cuz

 

[MossRoad]

I live near RobS near South Bend, In. Up at the top of Indiana. It woke me up. As I told RobS in a PM, our waterbed felt like it had bumble bees in it! I thought maybe I dropped my cell phone set on vibrate into the bed, but it was charging in another room. Our south walls creaked pretty loudly, too, like it does in heavy wind. My wife came in to wake me up and I told her it may have been an earthquake. She laughed at me. We then turned on the news and found out it was. Pretty cool!

 

[newt92]

it's all Bush's fault ... and I predict that oil prices will jump .. just cuz

HAHAHA!! Welcome DJ!!!!!

Felt the quake here too, Had a small one 10 or so years ago that I missed, didnt miss this one though! Happened at 4:40 here.

 

[MossRoad]

Just to put things in perspective....
Here's a comparison of the 1994 Northridge, CA quake VS the 1895 Charleston, MO quake. Yellow indicates where shaking was felt, red indicates structural damage. Now go hide under your blankets!

 

[DocHeb]

Woke me up at 5:42 EST. I woke up thinking "somebody's walking on the roof!" Sleepy brain said: "You have a two story house, who'd be walking on the roof?", and went back to sleep.