new thread
I slept through it, as it was about 5:30am here in Indiana, but I guess we just had an aftershock of almost the same magnitude, about 20-25 minutes ago, that a lot of people felt. Just curious if anyone felt it. Guess the shaking was reported from Iowa all the way to West Virginia.
-James
Nope, I totally felt nothing; I was apparantly taking a French exam during the aftershock, but I didn't feel a thing.
-Austin
Ah but did the earth move for you?
I felt the table shaking a bit during the aftershock, but didn't really think about it until someone mentioned it. Guess I was too concentrated on my work! =P
-James
The original trembler shook me awake. I thought I was dreaming, so I went back to sleep. I was at my desk when the aftershock hit...my monitors started moving back and forth, and it felt a lot like riding a wave.
Just curious if anyone felt it.
I dreamt I was riding on a subway train, so perhaps that's why... A lot of my friends here in Muncie said they felt it this morning.
Hey James, I am in CA so of course I did not feel it but we did have a 5.2 ir 5.4 in the mid 80's on Long Island and it was a real shaker, so it must have been pretty interesting for you guys since that kind of thing is rare for that area. When it happened back east it woke me up...shaking rumbling and that gutteral sound deep in the earth...it was a trip. Too bad you missed it. Happy there was no damage or injuries, etc.
Max
I've never really been through one myself. The only thing I can think of was seeing the lampshade shake a bit while lying on the bed or couch when I was living in Wyoming, but that could've been traffic going by. Who knows...
.
.
That pond is a big divide and sometimes a good barrier rofl!
Cheers,
John.B
Since I'm in L.A., I didn't feel it, but knowing my dad in Milwaukee, he probably thought it was armageddon lol!!! Eh, best thing to do with a quake is go "dude, ground shook" and move on ike nothing happened, at least that's what I do, except after Northridge, that was a BIG ONE!!!
since I live west of the Rockies. Your quake was caused by slippage along the New Madrid fault zone. The geology is very different than on the west coast due to being in the middle of a continental plate instead on the edge of one. Due to this, shaking is felt over a FAR larger area. (On plate edges there is a lot of grumbling of the Earth's crust which helps to absorb the energy, so quakes are not felt as far away.) The New Madrid fault is a very dangerous one, capable of producing magnitude 8 quakes. The fault line runs through the boot heel of Missouri.
Go here for more information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Fault_Zone
and here for historic big US quakes. Note some of the really big quakes were on the New Madrid fault.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/historical_mag.php
Scott
I live in Eastern Ohio, I didn't feel either shock. No one at work today or yesterday (I work in Wheeling, WV) mentioned it.