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Posts: 13522 · Posted: April 18, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: Illinois experiences earthquake

Earthquake rocks Illinois, no casualties reported

www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-18 22:41:56 Print

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Illinois was rocked by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake early Friday morning, and there have been no reports of major casualties or significant damages.

The epicenter of the earthquake that took place around 4:37 a.m. (0937 GMT) was about three miles (4.83 kilometers) below ground, six miles (9.6 kilometers) northwest of Mount Carmel, Illinois, and 38 miles (60.8 kilometers) north-northwest of Evansville, Indiana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region covering parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, stretching from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, the USGS said.

According to the USGS, the largest earthquake that happened in the region in 1968 was a magnitude 5.4.

Apart from southern Illinois, the earthquake also shook downtown Indianapolis, southern Michigan and as far west as Des Moines, Iowa, local media reported.

As of 9 a.m. ET (1300 GMT), nearly 10,000 people had reported their feeling of the earthquake to the USGS website.

Found at
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/18/content_8006157.htm

I was asleep while being woke to the earth shacking do to an earthquake, It is not everyday you wake to these in the midle of the night. Minor damage to a few buildings around Louisville Ky.
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Posts: 15371 · Joined: Aug 1, 2007 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 15371

shaking*

and its odd to have earthquakes in the middle of the US.

In my area we are supposed to have a 6.0+ magnitude earthquake in the next 30 years.

Sad

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Posts: 23219 · Posted: April 19, 2008 2:04 am Post subject:

oh, my poor boys! Sad

I went to the Museum of Natural History and they had an earthquake attraction there. It showed there were earthquakes occuring around the world every minute, although some of them very low.
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Posts: 13522 · Posted: April 21, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject:

UPDATE: 4.2 aftershock shook April 21, 2008 1:30 am. This is said to be the last affects of the earthquake.
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: April 21, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject:

aw im sorry al Sad

good thing its ending!
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Posts: 13522 · Posted: April 21, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject:

It was nothing, just 2 seconds of shacking.
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: April 21, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

oh lol i dont know what it is, i've never been on one
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Posts: 13522 · Posted: April 21, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject:

Just like one of those rides at Universal Studios with shacking, only it is everywhere and much shorter.
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: April 21, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

oh that must be weird

did anything broke at ur home?
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Posts: 13522 · Posted: April 21, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject:

No, thank God.
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