Posted on 04/02/2012 5:01:55 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
CLINTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - It’s been a challenge to record them, but Clintonville city officials have the first audio recording of the actual booming noises the city has been dealing with since Sunday night, March 18th. City Administrator Lisa Kuss says a Madison Area Technical College student Brian Sullivan was able to record a boom noise on Saturday March 24th. Kuss says Sullivan has been working with the city on and off for over the two week period whenever he has been available. The booming noises are accompanied with ground trembles that have woken up residents in the middle of the night. The U.S. Geological Survey says the area did experience a 1.5 magnitude earthquake shortly after midnight Tuesday March 20th. The USGS says micro-quakes like the Clintonville event are regular across the United State, but are not often felt. The USGS has characterized the Clintonville phenomenon as likely a swarm of micro-quakes. Late last week, Michigan Tech loaned the city four seismometers, and infra-sound equipment to detect the booming noises and seismic activity. Those are now transmitting data in real time to the USGS.
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Sounds just like an artillery round or some sort of explosion. Earthquakes that I've experienced lasted much longer and very large explosions kind of roar by you for a few seconds.
Pack the kids honey... We're going to visit grandma and grandpa for a week or two!
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A complete historical eyewitness accounts of the great New Madrid quakes.
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/compendium/
Have not come across them yet but the USGS suggests there are a few accounts that mention a few booms prior to the day of the quake.
What I have read though has been interesting as heck!
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Thanks for the ping!
Lots of activity now in that locale...
Yeah all aftershocks but that was a pretty big one!
It sounds like an acetylene bomb. Short, sharp, distinct. We here them here ever new year!
It went BOOMMmm and the metal roofing would rattle like mad. It would literally scare the hell out of us younger guys...
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