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Earthquake in Decatur, Illinois.
April 18, 2008 | Me

Posted on 04/18/2008 2:45:28 AM PDT by dinoparty

Decatur, Illinois

My wife and I just felt a very noticeable earthquake.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; US: Indiana; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: earthquake; illinois; quake; usgs
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To: dragnet2
Iben Browning predicted that a major earthquake would hit the region on a particular day in 1990. Nothing happened.
321 posted on 04/18/2008 6:00:18 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

Iben Browning was a loon.

Real shame the media gave him credence. He did have a pHD (not in geology, though) which was the main problem.


322 posted on 04/18/2008 6:27:51 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

I was in Vincennes, Indiana at the time and the whole town was in an uproar over it. I still remember an insurance salesman advertising “earthquake insurance” because the “experts” said it was coming.


323 posted on 04/18/2008 6:33:44 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Strategerist
The latest scholarship puts the biggest of the New Madrid 1811-1812 earthquakes no larger than magnitude 7.5.

I don't know how they would know what the extent or strength of a future earthquake would be.

But I can assure you, with building made of masonry and if they're have been no retrofitting of most all structures, for an earthquake of that size, there would probably be considerable, wide spread damage.

Being anywhere near the epicenter of a 7.5 quake, you're going to think the world is coming to an end.

A 7.5 will make parked vehicles bounce off the ground, so one can imagine what it could do to structures, especially structure that have not been retrofitted.

324 posted on 04/18/2008 7:00:09 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Strategerist
The latest scholarship puts the biggest of the New Madrid 1811-1812 earthquakes no larger than magnitude 7.5.

Would you let those folks over at the U.S. Geological Survey know about that?

325 posted on 04/18/2008 9:38:03 PM PDT by InMemoriam (This year, your prayers will do more good than your vote.)
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To: Strategerist; HAL9000

The quake occurred on a northern extension of the New Madrid fault, about 6 miles north of Mt. Carmel, Ill. The New Madrid fault was responsible for devastating quakes in the Mississippi Valley in 1811 and 1812. So the Friday quake and its aftershocks likely are raising the blood pressure of some residents and scientists.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/scientistsevenbiggerquakecouldhitmidwest;_ylt=AtGX4PWOgee_mfvaRpwY4Clhr7sF


326 posted on 04/19/2008 6:13:22 AM PDT by EBH ( ... the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. --Alculin c.735-804)
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To: EternalVigilance

That makes sense.


327 posted on 04/19/2008 1:01:11 PM PDT by Palladin (Pennsylvania: guns, religion, and liberty.)
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To: Rennes Templar

>>OTHS...Oakwood Township?<<

Yes! Go Comets!!!!! LOL!


328 posted on 04/19/2008 1:55:45 PM PDT by KylaStarr (..keeping watch)
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To: KylaStarr
I remember one back in the late 60s or early 70s that really rattled the windows.

That would be - in all likelihood - the earthquake of November 9, 1968 (Saturday - just after 11 AM CT, just after noon, ET). That one was magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, as compared to yesterday's 5.2. Since the Richter scale is logarithmic, that would make the '68 quake about 25% greater in magnitude than yesterday's. The epicenter yesterday was about 50 miles NNE from the '68 epicenter.

The '68 quake was felt in parts of 23 states, although it caused only minor property damage in some locations and no known human deaths or injuries. However, not having personally experienced a noticeable quake before, it scared the heck out of me in Michigan at the time, so I too remember it. The '68 quake remains the highest magnitude earthquake known with epicenter in Illinois.

329 posted on 04/19/2008 3:37:43 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: dinoparty

Is this the same one reported in KY?


330 posted on 04/19/2008 4:39:26 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: HAL9000; orlop9; Jet Jaguar; dinoparty

You might be interested in the info in my post # 329. BTW, the magnitude of this quake has now been downgraded to 5.2, which means that the ‘68 quake (magnitude 5.3) remains the strongest ever with epicenter in the state of Illinois.


331 posted on 04/19/2008 9:33:43 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Just had another aftershock about 20 minutes ago at 4.5.... The birds are still quiet too...


332 posted on 04/20/2008 10:59:29 PM PDT by RoadDogg (If our troops are dumb, then consider this college student an ABSOLUTE IDIOT.)
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To: Strategerist

we just had another one at 12:39am Monday 4/21
It is listed as a 4.5 (my guess is will be downgraded as it did not feel as strong as the 4.6 we had at 10:14am 4/18)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/37.39.-89.-87_eqs.php


333 posted on 04/20/2008 11:02:49 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: RoadDogg

I felt it but I bet it will be downgraded (see my post above this one)


334 posted on 04/20/2008 11:03:48 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: RoadDogg

This sucks because we have not had this much activity for a long time.
I just hope we have seen (well felt) the worse of it.


335 posted on 04/20/2008 11:06:03 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: stlnative

It wasn’t nearly as long as the Friday morning aftershock, either. That might be why it didn’t feel as strong.


336 posted on 04/20/2008 11:32:59 PM PDT by RoadDogg (If our troops are dumb, then consider this college student an ABSOLUTE IDIOT.)
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To: RoadDogg

later this morning it was downgraded to a 4.0


337 posted on 04/21/2008 9:51:22 AM PDT by stlnative
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Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understood
http://www.physorg.com/news127823426.html
338 posted on 04/21/2008 9:51:49 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: SLB

I am pathetic for just now getting to this post, but better off than most for not feeling here in northern Kentucky where I-75 and 275 cross, not too many of us felt the earthquakes.

BUT SLB, are you saying that your shower is out on the deck?
:D


339 posted on 04/27/2008 4:46:38 AM PDT by CourtneyLeigh (Why can't all of America be Commonwealth?)
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