I woke up this morning at 5:38. It was thundering. Or so I thought. The house shook. The windows rattled. This went on for about 20-30 seconds. Then it stopped. I did feel that, didn't I?
I got up and looked around. Everything was still. I turned on the TV. Just the usual boring news. I surfed the internet. Nothing. Then I checked some local forum websites. Finally, a person across the county from me posted this:
did anyone just feel their house shake a few min ago?
Turns out we had a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was located in southern Illinois, about 160 miles away. I guess Indiana experienced one back in 1987. I wasn't living here then. This was my first earthquake.
Here's the story from the Indianapolis Star: Link. Now, it's all over the news.
It was very odd; kinda like a movie I once saw. I think the late Charlton Heston is laughing at us.
Update: We just had an aftershock registering 4.8. It lasted a few seconds, around 11:15am.
First I'd heard of this Jerry. I have never experienced an earthquake and have no desire to do so. It must be a scary scary thing.
Posted by: Rachel | April 18, 2008 at 10:02 AM
I heard about that on my way to work this morning. Glad to hear so far no one has been hurt.
Posted by: Ralphd00d | April 18, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I thought maybe I was imagining it too, for a about an hour.
(Btw, would you consider updating your link for me?) I've moved.
Posted by: Freddie | April 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Jerry
Heard about it on the news early this morning and called our son. Man, is he a little grouchy early in the morning.
Glad everyone there is alright.
Ralph
Posted by: Ralph | April 18, 2008 at 04:38 PM
LOL - I called my mom (my parents live in St. Louis) she had no idea and thought it was "somewhere in IL that it happened so we wouldn't feel it here. I think she just slept through it - or she woke up and just doesn't remember now.
I do remember the '68 quake. We had just recently moved to St. Louis. When it hit, my sister came running down the hall yelling... "it's just like an earthquake!" Still cracks me up to remember that.
Posted by: Teresa | April 18, 2008 at 05:50 PM
... glad that you survived the earthquake, big guy.... I've never felt any here in Tennessee.... but when I was out on the Aleutian Islands, we had a quake nearly every day..... which, of course, sucked..... glad you are well!...
Posted by: Eric | April 18, 2008 at 07:35 PM
I don't know how you people can even THINK about living in Indiana with all those earthquakes...
:oD>
Posted by: Abbadon | April 19, 2008 at 06:10 AM
I remember the one in the 80s. I was living with my grandparents at the time, and was sitting next to their food cabinet, which had enough cans in it to feed a 3rd world country. When it hit and all of those cans started shaking I thought I was a goner for sure. lol
Posted by: dragonlady474 | April 19, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Earthquakes I'm used to... Tornadoes I'm NOT.
I heard about the shakin' that went on in your neck of the woods.
I'm glad it wasn't a big one!
Posted by: Jamie Dawn | April 20, 2008 at 10:52 PM
About five or six years ago, I was visiting my parents during a break from work. I was sitting in their sun room with two of their cats. Both cats stood up simultaneously, and gave ME that indignant look only a cat can give. Then, the room started vibrating. Lasted maybe 15 seconds. It was a slight tremor....still, kinda funky. Glad everything's okay....
Posted by: Tommy | April 21, 2008 at 08:07 AM