Earthquake

[KandD 1]

Who felt the earthquake this morning?

[HLM 1]

My husband did!! where do u live? i was online with him when it happened .....

[mRs StOcKwElL 1]

Who felt the earthquake this morning?

I'm talking to my fiance at this time and says he felt the shaking at 4:45 in the early morning... He is in Clay City, IL.

[HAL 9000 96]

The cat jumped on the bed today... I swear I felt the bed shake a bit... USGS confirms it at 5.2 now. 300 miles south of us in Chicago.

Any concerns about any regional activity? Fears and all aside I think there IS a legend of a big one to hit that area so... check your insurance policies!!

[Mags 112]

Actually, my bed shook a little this morning. As usual I thought it was one of Platy's mega morning farts, so I ignored it.

Musta been the earthquake instead.

[*JG* 2]

I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE UNDER MY FEET............

First time I got to sleep till 5am all week. I knew something had to wake me up.

Everyone okay? We had some bridge and overpass damage. Minor.

Do you realize TODAY is the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake? How wierd is that. I'm all for commemorating things; but come on............

[Kathryn41 3,205]

You are thinking about the New Madrid fault. The last major earthquakes were in 1811/1812 and they completely rerouted the Mississippi River. Here are links to two information sources:

http://quake.ualr.edu/public/nmfz.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

It is actually an area and event that has always fascinated me. The probability of another major quake over 6 happening within the next 20 years is rated at over 90%. The seismic zone covers parts of six U.S. states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Edited April 18, 2008 by Kathryn41

[*JG* 2]

No. This is what I am thinking of...... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/19...april/index.php

Edited April 18, 2008 by Jomo's girl

[Kathryn41 3,205]

For those who are interested here is a really neat link that shows you where earthquakes have occurred today, yesterday, 2 weeks ago, 30 days ago and then within the last 5 years, as well as how strong they are. We have a very seismically active planet!

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[Jenn! 918]

Any concerns about any regional activity? Fears and all aside I think there IS a legend of a big one to hit that area so... check your insurance policies!!

Indeed. Homeowners are underinsured in the New Madrid area. Earthquake coverage must be purchased as an endorsement to a normal homeowners policy.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

No. This is what I am thinking of...... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/19...april/index.php

"

The cat jumped on the bed today... I swear I felt the bed shake a bit... USGS confirms it at 5.2 now. 300 miles south of us in Chicago.

Any concerns about any regional activity? Fears and all aside I think there IS a legend of a big one to hit that area so... check your insurance policies!!"

:-) - Sorry, this is the post I was referring to with reference to the New Madrid fault.

[sara..... 371]

omg u know they said here in oregon there has been so many earth quakes off the coast of us highly unusual so many and has people talking here about maybe the big one is coming .......... just seems kinda odd we are experiencing this and now u guys had one...........

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

Any concerns about any regional activity? Fears and all aside I think there IS a legend of a big one to hit that area so... check your insurance policies!!

Indeed. Homeowners are underinsured in the New Madrid area. Earthquake coverage must be purchased as an endorsement to a normal homeowners policy.

good to bring that up. without it, 0 is covered. with it, 90% is covered.

[Aymerlu 3]

I'm in Missouri and I sure felt something this morning. At first I was like "why the hell are the trash trucks here at this time?" It was a weird feeling. Here I've always thought the New Madrid fault would be the one to freak me out.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Are you guys in the Bay area? I felt nothing in LA.

Appears to be a lot of activity in the Bay Area over the pas day/week though nothing major - check this out:

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html

I've checked LA - not much, but a tiny quake this morning in Pasadena:

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/Los_Angeles.html