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2008-04-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; also felt in Indiana

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Posted by 3dc 2008-04-18 08:41|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 My wife felt it, but I snored through it:(

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-04-18 09:05|| 2008-04-18 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 The windows rattling woke up Mr. Wife this morning, here in Cincinnati.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-18 10:04|| 2008-04-18 10:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Hit Northern Ky at 5:42 eastern time. Reported to USGS, I'm the only one in my zip code that felt it as far as they know so far.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-18 10:12|| 2008-04-18 10:12|| Front Page Top

#4 That sucker could have been a 9.4 magnitude quake and my house could have fallen down, but I would have slept through it.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-04-18 10:45|| 2008-04-18 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Gordon "Jonah" Brown is visiting.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-04-18 10:51|| 2008-04-18 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 While I didn't feel it, there were people calling in in the northern metro region of ATLANTA (Alpharetta area) this morning about hearing their China cabinets rattle.

Posted by BA 2008-04-18 10:59|| 2008-04-18 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 BTW, mehopes this is NOT a sign of the "big one" for the New Madrid fault. I hope that it released enough energy for her to "hit the snooze" for another 100 years or so.

Posted by BA 2008-04-18 11:00|| 2008-04-18 11:00|| Front Page Top

#8 New Madrid is supposed to have a periodicity of 600 years +/-, so you've got a 400 year statistical cushion.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-18 11:09|| 2008-04-18 11:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Earthquake List for Map Centered at 37Â°N, 90Â°W

Update time = Fri Apr 18 15:33:05 UTC 2008

Here are the earthquakes in the Map Centered at 37Â°N, 90Â°W area, most recent at the top.
(Some early events may be obscured by later ones.)
Click on the underlined portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.
MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km LOCATION
MAP 4.5 2008/04/18 15:14:16 38.539 -87.865 10.0 13 km ( 8 mi) E of West Salem, IL
MAP 4.5 2008/04/18 15:14:16 38.539 -87.865 10.0 13 km ( 8 mi) E of West Salem, IL
MAP 2.6 2008/04/18 11:55:57 38.465 -87.854 10.0 9 km ( 6 mi) NW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 2.2 2008/04/18 10:46:24 38.440 -87.880 17.8 7 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL
MAP 2.4 2008/04/18 10:36:33 38.460 -87.860 17.8 9 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL
MAP 2.5 2008/04/18 10:15:35 38.648 -88.222 10.0 6 km ( 3 mi) S of Noble, IL
MAP 2.5 2008/04/18 10:03:59 38.453 -87.805 10.0 5 km ( 3 mi) NW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 5.2 2008/04/18 09:37:00 38.450 -87.890 11.6 7 km ( 5 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL
MAP 1.4 2008/04/13 12:25:47 36.480 -89.530 8.1 8 km ( 5 mi) ESE of Marston, MO

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-18 11:48|| 2008-04-18 11:48|| Front Page Top

#10 They just had another at 4.6

Posted by crazyhorse">crazyhorse 2008-04-18 14:04|| 2008-04-18 14:04|| Front Page Top

#11 I think thee is more at work here than simple plate tectonics:

Wed: Dem. 'debate' in Pa
Thurs: Meteor in Indiana ( god was aiming for Pa but under trhew, i think)
now this: trying to 'cleanse' the area of any remaining Dems.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-18 15:08|| 2008-04-18 15:08|| Front Page Top

#12 LOL, USN. You are "spot on" in your assessment.

Posted by BA 2008-04-18 15:39|| 2008-04-18 15:39|| Front Page Top

#13 See also TOPIX/DRUDGE > METEORS RUMBLE OVER INDIANA. Meteors being ascribed as Air Guard F16 light flares, albeit many locals are not convinced.

Compare wid REDDIT > POPULAR MECHANICS - FIVE [major Major MAJOR M-A-J-O-R MMMAAAAAJJJJJOO
OOOOOORRRRR ..., D *** YOU] NATURAL DISASTERS HEADED FOR THE USA: + SOLAR QUAKES KEEP THE SUN SHAKING, + LUNAR ATMOSPHERE MAY CONTAIN ELECTROSTATIC DUST. Terra Luna no longer being bombarded by just light meteor shower(s), ala LUNAR DETONATIONS/ "SPARKLERS"???

I am not convinced about the "F16 flares" based on my own personal past and present observations from Guam.

*KAMALEN, PLANET X, 2011, 2013, 2018,........

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-18 21:43|| 2008-04-18 21:43|| Front Page Top

#14 ION NEWSVINE > CNN - PLANETARY DOCTOR SAYS EARTH'S CONDITION IS TERMINAL. No matter what we do, believes Earth is past the point of no return???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-18 22:52|| 2008-04-18 22:52|| Front Page Top

#15 South Central Wisconsin felt it too. It woke James up this morning (not me). The Southern Illinois/Kentucky branches of the family were a bit shaken up.

When the Milwaukee Brewers' Bill Hall hit a 435 foot blast into the left center field stands at Cincinnati this evening, WTMJ announcer Jim Powell said, "The fans just felt an aftershock."

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