CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Or did my bed wake dh and I by shaking continuously, and strongly, for better than ten seconds due to another outside force we can't determine? I've been in earthquakes. I'd swear that was one. But, you know how it is when something wakes you up. Interpretation is not necessarily accurate. ;) And I didn't have my two feet on the floor. I would know for sure then. We are fairly certain it was not: wind, machinery, thunder, a large engine, a sonic boom, or an explosion. Anyone else? If I get confirmation I'll know we're not crazy. If I get shot down, I'm going to find out who the fool was that was doing whatever it was that woke me up at 4:30. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I'm in Ohio but I felt it at 5:30. I thought I was crazy until I saw your message. I have a cat that sometimes gallops wildly around the house and I was sitting on the couch nursing the baby and thought she may have gotten under the couch and my tired brain wasn't functioning well but I couldn't figure out how she was making the floor shake that way! LOL! I believe we had a definite tremor - how cool! I've only felt one before in my life and that was 20 odd years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 I'm stuck watching Bob the Builder (morning routine for the kids) so dh scanned radio stations on his way to work. The info he got - very early info - is this: **It was a 5.4 earthquake centered in Evanston, Indiana (update: 5.2 magnitude centered in West Salem, IL)**There are reports it shook the Sears Tower **It was along the New Madrid fault line Now that I feel so justified, I'm going to collapse in exhaustion. No, wait, I'm going to tap my toes waiting for Bob and his crew to finish saving pets in a pickle and then spend all morning glued to the TV. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 My local news webpage is just as bad as national web-based-news at updating their site in anything like a speedy fashion. So, since dh heard the news on the radio - I looked up NPRs website. Lo, and behold, they had something. From the AP on NPRs Webpage I love this day and age. Here it is, not quite one hour after the event and they have two eyewitness accounts of the event in their news story. Summary: 5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; felt 350 miles awayfrom The Associated Press WEST SALEM, Ill. April 18, 2008, 06:33 am ET · A 5.4 earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people awake as far away as Milwaukee early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful Midwest temblor. The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered 6 miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. It awakened people in neighboring Indiana and even Milwaukee, Wis., 350 miles north of the epicenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkinelly Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We felt it here in northeast Indiana! It was centered in West Salem, IL, so we are not supposed to be in the "shake zone," but we sure felt it! People as far away as Ohio felt it. It's really something, isn't it? How exciting! LOL Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We felt the house shake (sleeping on the second floor) in western KY. No damage, just lots of early-morning discussion about earthquakes with half-asleep kids! The Internet surely spreads the news quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 and though I slept through it. . .:lol:. . . dh said he felt it at 5:30. He said it was just like California. Great!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Debbie Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We felt it in west-central Indiana. I woke up trying to figure out how I ended up in one of those cheesy hotels with the vibrating beds! We haven't heard of any major damage around here. I hope everyone is safe and sound wherever you are. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We live an hour north of Evansville and we awoke to our bed vibrating! We live in a 110 year old house with wood floors and everything was rattling! Fortunately the kid's rooms are carpeted. Buttercup didn't even wake up, but it freaked out the other two. When I first woke, I thought "Are we in a storm?" then I thought "Is this a tornado?" I was really disoriented. Fortunately, DH wasn't and took charge! We saw our neighbors outside walking around! We kinda thought that it was just a little tremor coming our way from somewhere else, so didn't venture outside! We thought it may have been St. Louis though! It was our kids first earthquake and they enjoyed my stories of living in SoCal when I was a little girl! Have a great day! We're getting ready to start our morning schedule. Forest never went back to sleep after the earthquake. We felt it here at 5:15 am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in IL Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We are in just north of Bloomington / Normal, IL. The house was shaking - pictures and china rattling. I was surprised that our dog didn't freak out - she doesn't even like rain! Our kids didn't wake up; they will be surprised to hear about it when they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wow, I'm glad to find this thread! I'm in St. Louis, and wondered what the heck was up! I wouldn't have guessed Evanston, though, of all places. ETA: Whoops, I just read your later post. The New Madrid Fault I can believe. I wonder if there will be more? Oh, joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We felt it south of St Louis. That was wild! I got up & saw the debris pile in my living room as if a disaster had struck. Oh, wait a minute, it looked like that before I went to bed. ;o) Guess we'll study earthquakes today in science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 No - I remember in '71 my bed moving back and forth on shag carpet in our S. California home...but this tiny thing - nah, I slept right through it. My oldest dd did get woken up, however- not by any movement, but because our two parakeets went bonkers!!! Wake me when there is a REAL earthquake!!! JFS in IL but born and bred in S. California!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I slept through it but dh said he heard the windows rattle. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 No - I remember in '71 my bed moving back and forth on shag carpet in our S. California home...but this tiny thing - nah, I slept right through it. My oldest dd did get woken up, however- not by any movement, but because our two parakeets went bonkers!!! Wake me when there is a REAL earthquake!!! JFS in IL but born and bred in S. California!!!! I was in that Quake, staying at my aunts. My roll away bed was rolling all over the room. I wasn't really scared until my aunt made me watch new coverage all day of the damage in Northridge (we she still lives). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wake me when there is a REAL earthquake!!! JFS in IL but born and bred in S. California!!!! From a Loma Prieta survivor, I know where you're coming from. But for these parts...that was a big quake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 WOW!! I grew up near Chicago and have never felt an earthquake before. My mom is visiting us in TX now (tornado and storm already), but she's going to panic about her home. Never a dull moment.... It'll be interesting to find out if y'all have any aftershocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We felt it south of St Louis. That was wild! I got up & saw the debris pile in my living room as if a disaster had struck. Oh, wait a minute, it looked like that before I went to bed. ;o) Guess we'll study earthquakes today in science. The Post-Dispatch has some articles online already. Their website is http://www.stltoday.com/. What's interesting is the discussion of the soil types of the region, and how that amplifies (or not) the shakes. Already I've learned that our soil is different than California's, so the same magnitude quake will probably feel different here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My closet doors rattled so much they woke me up. The funny thing is that yesterday the Air Force was flying just north of here and one of the jets went super-sonic, creating a boom. I thought maybe they'd done something like that again! It's only the second time in my life as a Hoosier that I remember feeling an earthquake. I'm just glad that the damage appears to be almost non-existent and no injuries have been reported (at least from what I've heard on the news). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 nope, but I was up with a charlie horse in my leg. . . :001_huh: very painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristineIN Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Yep, we have bed raisers on our bed, so our bed was shaking so much that it woke me up, my dresser was shaking also. I wasn't 100% sure what it was, but when I finally got up, dh said it was an earthquake. Kristine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thanks for the link! It says the quake was NOT in the New Madrid fault but in the Illinois Basin-Ozark Dome region. Never heard of that as an earthquake potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We felt it in Ky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thanks for the link! It says the quake was NOT in the New Madrid fault but in the Illinois Basin-Ozark Dome region. Never heard of that as an earthquake potential. I thought that was part of the New Madrid fault system. No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My 10 yo woke up this morning saying that he dreamed he was in an earthquake. And, we're in MI! I didn't feel it as I was asleep, but there are reports on our local news that people in our area did feel it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabeth in IL Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 How sad, I missed the earthquake!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We live in the midwest so I was a little shocked by this. When I first woke up our bedroom door was rattling and I thought my ds3 was trying to open the door, he has trouble opening our bedroom door so it usually takes him a few tries, then I felt the bed shake. I jumped up and said 'what's going on?!' My dh says 'it's an earthquake baby wake the kids up' So we proceed to wake up the kids, two of which are dead asleep and I had to shout their names many time to get them to wake up. My dh is looking out the window and yelling get downstairs! I'm thinking we are probably safer upstairs but my dh has been through earthquakes before so I keep trying to wake the kids up thinking 'stop looking out the window and help me with the kids!' He finally does. We go downstairs, by then the earthquake has stopped, and turn on the T.V. The were reporting that we have just felt a 5.4 earthquake! Yikes! Scary! First a F5 tornado two years ago and now an earthquake! My goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We are in SW Michigan. I woke my dh up at around 5:30am and said....."Please quit shaking the bed....it is making the armoire rattle" He just looked at me dazed....It was all explained when I caught the news this morning. I remember us having one about 15 yrs ago too but I never felt it...just heard about others feeling it..... Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 and we were only 38 miles away from the center of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 So, my dh is at a conference in Chicago....do you think he felt it? I havent talked to him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 The scientists at the USGS use personal earthquake experiences to further their research. Tell them all about your experience and further scientific inquiry: USGS Did you feel it? Tell us! This is the right form for this particular earthquake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 So, my dh is at a conference in Chicago....do you think he felt it? I havent talked to him yet. From what I've seen on TV, a lot of people in the city didn't feel it. It seems like more stories are coming from out of the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 First a F5 tornado two years ago and now an earthquake! My goodness Some regions have all the fun, don't they? At least we don't have to worry about hurricanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyB Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We thought it was very cool. Only "Ranger" woke up to it though. He thought it might be a tornado. "Cleric" was very upset that Ranger didn't wake him up until it was over. "How hard is it as your running past to wake me up!" For ya'lls information we went right to the national geological site and within 15 min they had the report up of where the earthquake was and how big it was. They have maps and everything. They also like for people to report if they felt it for their data. I love the internet! No radio stations were reporting anything so off we went searching. Off to study earthquakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only me Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I remember waking up early this morning but I didn't actually feel it. On the other hand, my ds was sleeping on his sister's floor. The ground started shaking. He stood up and he really felt it. DD said that her bed was shaking. She also has a small tea set made out of china on her book case and that almost fell off the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG4WOODS Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My son and I were up on the computer. Our Jardine parrot was flapping aggressively around in it's cage about 15 seconds I commented, "Whats wrong with the bird?" Then, we heard and felt the earthquake. I was baffled at first thought someone must of walked into the house because the blinds were swaying yet it sound like wind before a tornado but very sudden. Of course my son , hit it on the nail and said it must be a tremor. Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I live in Champaign IL and didn't feel it - I was asleep and it didn't wake my dh or myself. I'm actually kind of bummed cause I would have been intrigued to see what it feels like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We live on the East side of Cincinnati and dd came in and told DH that dd2 woke her up by shaking the bed. DH thought maybe a seizure or something?!?!?! (And he thinks us women are melodramatic!) Then when he got up from work he heard on the radio that there was an earthquake...he felt MUCH better then. I was up all night wiht allergy related stuff, snorting and sneezing, so I was awake, but if I was sneezing the house could collapse around me and I woudln't know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 On the radio a professor who knows about such things said that the New Madrid fault may have tentacles into the Illinois Basin-Ozark Dome region but he seemed to be saying that it wasn't the New Madrid fault causing the quake. He said it was unusual but not unheard of to have a quake in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Now someone else on the radio called were the quake happened the "Wabash Spur of the New Madrid Fault". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We were really close to the earthquake and there is some minor damage in the area surrounding the epicenter. here are a couple of links http://www.weht.com/ http://www.14wfie.com/global/story.asp?s=8191438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5kidsforME Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I didn't feel anything but heard what I thought at the time was thunder. My dog was freaking out. We live in South Bend IN, very interesting! Who would have thought it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 We were really close to the earthquake and there is some minor damage in the area surrounding the epicenter. I just figured out we are 20 miles away from the epicenter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheerMom Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 and I felt it. Had no idea what was going on, until my husband who is a truck driver and now in CA, called to tell me what happened. The funny part is I was dreaming that I was shopping online for homeschool curriculum and found a really good deal...and I thought the shaking was part of my dream, that the computer shook when I found a great price! Sarah mom to "C" ds 9 "K" dd 5 "C" ds 3 in 11 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Funny dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I thought my ds was up to some shenanigans and got out of bed to go check him. He was sound asleep. I went back to bed puzzled and too groggy to figure it out. It made sense this morning when I read the Trib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I'm in Springfield, IL. It woke me up. Apparently, it's a 5.2, not a 5.4 as CNN originally reported. I felt no aftershocks, though, so maybe this won't lead to more shaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 It woke me up. (suburb of Louisville KY). I was thinking, "tornado", but by the time I got up to check on the kids (and possibly have them take shelter) it was over. I have felt one other earthquake (in Ohio as a teen) but this one was longer/stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 For ya'lls information we went right to the national geological site and within 15 min they had the report up of where the earthquake was and how big it was. They have maps and everything. Wow. I will have to remember this for next time. It was 45 minutes before I found out for sure what had happened. 15 minutes would be much better! They also like for people to report if they felt it for their data. Yes, they collect eye-witness data and use it in their analysis and research. I linked the form for this earthquake above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Apparently, it's a 5.2, not a 5.4 as CNN originally reported. 5.4 was the preliminary report from the geologists. After further, more thorough investigation, they've rated the quake a 5.2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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