Posted on 04/18/2008 2:45:28 AM PDT by dinoparty
Decatur, Illinois
My wife and I just felt a very noticeable earthquake.
I felt it in Versailles, KY! Waiting for a e Report from my friend in Wilmore.
Felt it in Nashville, TN. It’s a 5.0, up on USGS now.
Centered Just NW of Evansville, IL.
I did too. And I’m in Saint Louis.
My thread was locked but I felt it in Trenton, Il - about 45 min. east of St. Louis. Wierd.
Woke me, my wife, and one of my kids up in St. Louis area. Very strange — first one I’ve ever experienced. Gentle rolling sensation.
USGS says 5.4
It woke me out of a sound sleep here in Bowling Green, Kentucky!
I wanted to talk to someone awake and alert; also to learn if they had received other calls. Did really expect them to do anything other than share information. Besides, nothing on FR or USGS at the time, so I thought I might be having alcohol withdrawals.
I was wondering when the FR post was gonna come too. If a bottle hadn’t fallen over in the kitchen I probably would have thought it was my imagination.
Woke me and Mr G up here in Nashville TN area.
Woke all of us up at our house in Murphysboro - humans and cats.
I felt it in SW Illinois about 85 miles south of St Louis.
It was shaker this time. Woke me up out of a dead sleep.
Looks like Evansville or Vinecense is the closet mid-sized towns. Not too much in that area.
So I’m not crazy!! It woke me up too, in Marshall, IL area!
-A8
I’m in E’ville at work, the phone is ringing off the hook.
In St. Louis here too. Felt it big time.
epicenter in st louis, i felt it here about 5 minutes ago (detroit,mi)
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.4 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time Friday, April 18, 2008 at 09:36:57 UTC
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 04:36:57 AM at epicenter
Location 38.501°N, 87.898°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region ILLINOIS
Distances 10 km (6 miles) ESE (103°) from West Salem, IL
10 km (6 miles) NE (55°) from Bone Gap, IL
13 km (8 miles) N (4°) from Bellmont, IL
39 km (24 miles) WSW (239°) from Vincennes, IN
66 km (41 miles) NNW (333°) from Evansville, IN
204 km (127 miles) E (93°) from St. Louis, MO
Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST=021, Nph=021, Dmin=263.2 km, Rmss=1.07 sec, Gp=119°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID at00851141
We felt a tremmor in Florissant, Missouri,that’s north St. Louis county. Lasted about 20-30 seconds.
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