Illinois Shakes!

[Jim Prower]

This is wierd....

This morning there was an earthquake. In Illinois.

and It woke me up.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxPvXBa_kwldln7jw_kNT0EsoE1QD904786O0

WEST SALEM, Ill. (AP) — A 5.4 earthquake early Friday rocked people awake as far away as Indiana, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a large Midwest temblor.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered 6 miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. 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."

The quake also shook tall buildings in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter.

Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Todd Ringle in Evansville said there were no immediate reports of damage.

I don't remember shaking, but I was awoken for no good reason. Just for reference, Salem is about 1.5-2 hours by car from where I live, around the Indiana Border.

I don't know what to think...I mean, there doesn't seem to be any damage...yet...

 

[FoolKiller]

We felt it in Kentucky.

Louisville Station was live on the air when it hit.
http://www.wave3.com/global/video/f...ageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv&rnd=50071547

And we did experience minor damage to one building:
http://www.wave3.com/global/video/f... - Breaking News&activePane=info&rnd=13894818


I was asleep and felt absolutely nothing. But I have also slept through a near-miss tornado as well.

 

[Jim Prower]

Yeah, I dont' think there was much damage even close.

 

[buickgnx88]

So is there a fault line near that area or how would an earthquake hit there?

 

[FoolKiller]

So is there a fault line near that area or how would an earthquake hit there?

Yes, the Wabash Valley Fault System.
http://igs.indiana.edu/Geology/structure/seismicProfiling/index.cfm

It is an ancient fault system that seems to have recently reactivated, according to this article:

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/ancient_fault_lines_may_have_become_re-activated

 

[buickgnx88]

That's interesting...at least you don't have to worry about splitting off like California.

 

[Joey D]

They said on the news around here it was from the New Madrid fault.

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

Apparently people felt it here but I was up at 4:30 and did not feel a thing. Maybe it was because I was in the shower, or maybe the people claiming they felt it all the way here in Michigan are just making things up to get on the news. To my knowledge the damage is light and there aren't any deaths, which means to could have been a whole lot worse.

 

[FoolKiller]

They said on the news around here it was from the New Madrid fault.

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

Apparently people felt it here but I was up at 4:30 and did not feel a thing. Maybe it was because I was in the shower, or maybe the people claiming they felt it all the way here in Michigan are just making things up to get on the news. To my knowledge the damage is light and there aren't any deaths, which means to could have been a whole lot worse.

An interview with the USGS this morning said Wabash.

A little digging and this article says the Wabash is an extension of the New Madrid. Could be why a Google search turns up multiple stories for both.
http://www.galesburg.com/homepage/x1498098334

 

[YSSMAN]

I woke my Mom up, and I felt it too. It felt like someone was bumping my bed, which was odd, but I looked at the clock (it would have been 5:30 here in MI, time change!) and I went back to sleep.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Damn. I thought this thread was about milkshakes.

 

[nobuffalo]

Yea i was awake too, and it was very odd. Thought it was a very fat person upstairs running around, then realized there's no way since everything was shaking. Rather exciting actually, an adrenaline rush. There was also another little one around 11:00am, an aftershock i believe. I'm situated in St Louis.

 

[Event]

Woke me up, I was confused. I thought the neighbors were really going at it hard

 

[nobuffalo]

Woke me up, I was confused. I thought the neighbors were really going at it hard

If only I could go at it as hard as that earthquake...

 

[Jim Prower]

Interesting to see how widespread this tremor really was.

It was in the Wabash area, yeah, actually close to the Indiana-Illinois border, and 6.8 miles from my Grandpa's hometown (he now lives about 1.5 hours away.)