EARTHQUAKE April 19, 2008
Posted by mdob07 in Uncategorized.Tags: earthquake, unexpected
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At about 5:36 (EST) this morning, we had a 5.2 earthquake rumble through town. I thought it was just the wind blowing hard until I got out of bed and the air was still. The Epicenter was in eastern Illinois, and took about 30 seconds for the shock waves to reach here. It scared the hell out of me once I had figured out what it was. This is the first earthquake I ever remember feeling. There was no real damage around here, just pictures off the wall and stuff of that nature. The weird part was that is was not the fault you would expect it to be from here, but from another one farther away. Leave a commit if you’ve been through an earthquake before.
Read about it at http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1919&from=rss_home
I have yet to feel an earthquake and actually know that it’s an earthquake. All I remember is having a dream about volleys of rocks being thrown at ancient Roman slaves and waking up after that dream to read 5:34 on my digital alarm clock. Kind of an odd time for me to come awake.