Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Earthquake This Morning

profile picture
b_sulcer
Posts: 76 - Karma: 10
So I was woken up at 4:35 this morning by a earthquake, and I live in Southern Indiana.  The epicenter was 38 miles from where I live and like 15 from my hometown.  Apparently it registered 5.2 on the Richter Scale. A guy in one of my classes at the university said it was felt in 23 states, which sounds a bit extreme.  So I was wondering, who else felt this thing??
Apr 18 2008 1:09PM
0 0
profile picture
MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
felt it here in columbus ohio.
Apr 18 2008 1:15PM
0 0
profile picture
thecounty
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 290
i felt it in chicago, and i had been drinking and i was confused. i didnt know what the fuck was going on. until this morning when i find there was an earthquake.
Apr 18 2008 1:22PM
0 0
profile picture
Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
didn't feel it in southeast michigan. That sucks. I've always wanted to feel one because it just seems so ridiculous.
Apr 18 2008 2:11PM
0 0
profile picture
skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
Midwest is a pretty strange place for an earthquake (relatively speaking). I heard about it on the radio, but thought they were going to mention California, or somewhere in the west, until I heard something about Pennsylvania.
Earthquakes are pretty wicked to experience though.
Apr 18 2008 2:20PM
0 0
profile picture
tribefan226
Posts: 2122 - Karma: 209
was felt here in cinci, although not by me, i am not a light sleeper by far
Apr 18 2008 4:25PM
0 0
profile picture
PacificRimJob
Posts: 24725 - Karma: 29,944
bwahahahaha I love it when people who arent from the west coast freak out about earthquakes...

We have a 5 pointer at least once every year now it seems... and countless 2's adn 3's every day.

once every couple of weeks, a 4.
Apr 18 2008 4:31PM
0 0
profile picture
MCIRONCOCK
Posts: 3094 - Karma: 30
I don't know what time it happened but i think i'd sleep through a tornado if no one woke me up. My mom walked into my room at 6:30 and told me there was an earthquake and i was like...shut up mom we live in kentucky.
Apr 18 2008 4:35PM
0 0
profile picture
coolhandluke
Posts: 4465 - Karma: 153
how about avalanches wiping out 1.5 miles of transmission lines wednesday
Apr 18 2008 4:54PM
0 0
profile picture
45.
Posts: 3164 - Karma: 170
i felt it here in iowa. it confused the shit outta me, i thought the dog was humping my bed or something
Apr 18 2008 4:54PM
0 0
profile picture
unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
haha hmmmm earth quakes dont really affect me, like seriously im so high most the time they hit, i dont even notice it
Apr 18 2008 5:00PM
0 0
profile picture
MADmidwest
Posts: 1278 - Karma: 15
i felt it in Michigan, not that much but I still felt it. It was crazy considering that was the first time i've ever felt the earth move. I live in Muskegon too which is not very close  the border
Apr 18 2008 5:09PM
0 0
profile picture
Reed.S
Posts: 1126 - Karma: 10
felt it in cincinnati ohio
Apr 18 2008 5:17PM
0 0
profile picture
Pman13a
Posts: 3800 - Karma: 452
i think when they say it was felt in 23 states, that means that the earthquake meters felt them, not necessarily people
Apr 18 2008 5:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Ericpbp
Posts: 3161 - Karma: 24
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/360038.aspx
Apr 18 2008 6:03PM
0 0
profile picture
AndrewZ
Posts: 759 - Karma: 36

I live in southwest Michigan (Kalamazoo) and apparently you could feel it here. Unfortunately I was sound asleep at the time, I'm really upset because I've always wanted to feel one.
Apr 18 2008 6:15PM
0 0
profile picture
user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
I didn't feel it and I live in mid michigan..which is pretty surprising. When I was in japan I learned I was super sensitive to earthquakes, I could feel them like every minute. It sucked, I was sick to my stomach allll week from it.
Apr 18 2008 6:26PM
0 0
profile picture
Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
thats surprising. Muskegon is really far away from Indiana. Ann Arbor is kinda far east I guess.
Apr 18 2008 6:29PM
0 0
profile picture
seemeski
Posts: 4210 - Karma: 124
Its not strange at all considering the New Madrid Fault is right in the Midwest.
Apr 18 2008 6:46PM
0 0
profile picture
ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
I felt it in Northern KY, I was so confused for 10 seconds, I had NO fucking idea what was going on. So weird.
Apr 18 2008 7:51PM
0 0
profile picture
artfullydodged
Posts: 8358 - Karma: 1,674
lol my uncle felt the need to call us and tell us about it
Apr 18 2008 8:15PM
0 0
profile picture
skeedle
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 628
hahah i laughed.
i have never felt and earthquake but my cats used to freak out when there was tremors..they could feel them from iles away

Apr 18 2008 8:25PM
0 0
profile picture
DannyBoat[978]
Posts: 99 - Karma: 5
didnt feel it here in Mass
Apr 18 2008 8:54PM
0 0
profile picture
AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
when i was in hawaii last year i was on the swings at my sisters college and then everyone started freaking out. and me swinging like a sped was everywhere and my sister came running out and asked me if i was ok and im like nah i havent fallen off yet
Apr 18 2008 10:31PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
i woke up to all my picture frames bouncing off the walls here in chicago. i thought it was a truck driving by at first.
Apr 19 2008 12:45AM
0 0
profile picture
slaydave
Posts: 1697 - Karma: 62
northern ky here and i wish i would have been awake... i didnt feel shit...
Apr 19 2008 12:59AM
0 0
profile picture
thecounty
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 290
drinkng again i hope there isnt another quake. HA
Apr 19 2008 2:35AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)