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04-18-2008, 01:44 AM #1Impounded
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Earthquake!!!
Second time ive ever felt one. shook all the light fixtures and my pc came on from the mouse shaking around... pretty decent.
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04-18-2008, 01:58 AM #2Impounded
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So apparently its on the illinois/indiana border.. a 5.4.. gotta love USGS.
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04-18-2008, 02:35 AM #3Member
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The epic center was at West Salem IL 5.4. It woke up everyone in our house. It don't happen very offen. The last one was in 1987 Pretty wild!!!!!!
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04-18-2008, 03:22 AM #4Junior Member
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Shook like hell for a long time (45 sec. or more). Epicenter less than 50 miles away.
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04-18-2008, 03:47 AM #5Yo Da Lin The Valley.....
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come to Cali......you'd get used to it
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04-18-2008, 04:38 AM #6Member
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Pennsylvania = never
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04-18-2008, 04:43 AM #7Detailing + Design
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my art director said his lamp was vibrating for no reason this morning. I do recall the dogs waking up @ early o'clock and going ape shit for no reason
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04-18-2008, 04:46 AM #8Senior Member
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pretty crazy to have one around here. . i remember thinkin "was that an earthquake. . .naaah." then went back to sleep
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04-18-2008, 04:46 AM #9O U 8 1 2
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no... we had one in 85 or 86... but we get stupipd tornados from time to time.. but i'd rather have earth quakes than deer...
Originally Posted by Bandit1
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04-18-2008, 04:52 AM #10Member
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i didnt kno that hmm. where was it, what was its rating? Originally Posted by Spaz
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04-18-2008, 04:55 AM #11O U 8 1 2
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Originally Posted by Bandit1
i'm aobut 40 miles north of philly... it was a tiny one... it knocked out the electric for a half hour... i think it was 85...
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04-18-2008, 04:56 AM #12with a LS1
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everybody was yacking about it today......I didn't feel a thing. Slept right thru it, but it woulda been cool to feel it.
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04-18-2008, 05:16 AM #13Member
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Felt it in St. Louis as well!
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04-18-2008, 06:22 AM #14Impounded
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It was bad here. Woke every member of my family up that lives around here. I happened to be on here when it happened so i posted
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04-18-2008, 06:28 AM #15Junior Member
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I slept right throught it. i live in columbia missouri and everyone felt it but me.
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04-18-2008, 07:00 AM #16Senior Member
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they downgraded it to a 5.2 now . . . still was pretty cool to experience it, first earthquake of my life!
at least that i remember
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04-18-2008, 07:03 AM #17Consumer of kraut
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There's the New Madrid fault line that has had a few in the past that we've felt here. Few and far between though. It wasn't from New Madrid, was it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone
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04-18-2008, 07:07 AM #18Sarge for AAG Emperor
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1...est_Earthquake
Heres the link, hit me real hard here in fairfield see as how im about 15-20 min from west salem IL
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04-18-2008, 07:18 AM #19Sarge for AAG Emperor
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Shit Guys We Just Had Another Quake A Couple Min Ago!
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04-18-2008, 07:21 AM #20Senior Member
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i heard on the radio that theres suppose to be aftershocks all day . . was the last one very big? Originally Posted by hutch1999
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