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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject: Earthquake in West Salem, Illinois: 5.2 |
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Apparently I actually can sleep through an earthquake.
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Residents from nearly every local community called into the Local 12 (Cincinnati Based Network) newsroom to report feeling the tremors. No one reported damage, but did say their homes shook.
The 5.2 earthquake hit just before 5:37 a.m. ET in West Salem, Illinois. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
"It shook our house where it woke me up," said David Behm of Philo, 10 miles south of Champaign. "Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California."
Bonnie Lucas, a morning co-host at WHO-AM in Des Moines, said she was sitting in her office when she felt her chair move. She grabbed her desk, and then heard the ceiling panels start to creak. The shaking lasted about 5 seconds, she said.
The quake shook skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop, 240 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of it.
Irvetta McMurtry of Cincinnati said she felt the rattling for up to 20 seconds. "All of a sudden, I was awakened by this rumbling shaking," said McMurtry, 43. "My bed is an older wood frame bed, so the bed started to creak and shake, and it was almost like somebody was taking my mattress and moving it back and forth."
Lucas Griswold, a dispatcher in West Salem, said the Edwards County sheriff's department received reports of minor damage and no injuries. "Oh, yeah, I felt it. It was interesting," Griswold said. "A lot of shaking."
Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Todd Ringle in Evansville said there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region, which covers parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas and stretches from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The organization's Web site said earthquakes occur irregularly in the area, and that the largest historical earthquake in the region - a magnitude 5.4 - caused damage in southern Illinois in 1968. The region is located in a region bordering the much more seismically active New Madrid seismic zone, according to the geological survey's Web site.
In 1811 and 1812, the New Madrid fault produced a series of earthquakes estimated at magnitude 7.0 or greater. Experts say another major New Madrid quake could destroy buildings, bridges, roads and other infrastructure, disrupt communications and isolate areas. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I felt it! My desk was shaking and hit the wall. MO is greatly over due for an earth quake, so rather than being smart and getting up and worrying or something, I just went back to bed.
Everyone was talking about it at school though. No matter where you were in the halls, they were talking about it! |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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I think we had 5.2 earthquake recently over here in England, I was asleep too!
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| There was another one a bit after 11 this morning too with the same epicenter. It was a 4.6, though. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Man... I missed both. I really must be a hard sleeper then. Earthquakes, trains, thunderstorms... gosh. I could be toted off to Munchkinland and never know it! XD
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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Apparently a few people felt it around here in Michigan. I got like no sleep last night, though, so I was out until a little before 6, and even then, I couldn't move. I could've used an aftershock!  |
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