IndianaOpenWheel.com Sprint Car & Midget Racing Forum





Register! Forgot Password?
Post Reply
sprintcar64 (Offline)
  #11 4/18/08 6:39 AM
I was at work at the Sheriff's Dept. and it shook our building pretty violently. I feilded probably 75-100 911 calls immediately afterwards. I can tell you that no injuries or damage has been reported in Vermillion county.

Derrek Williams
Bruce Harrison (Offline)
  #12 4/18/08 6:49 AM
It woke me up here in Louisville, quite a way to start the day!:thumbsdown:
terrehautian (Offline)
  #13 4/18/08 6:58 AM
I wonder if I felt the aftershock because I don't remember anything after the first shake (or I could just not felt the after shock and felt the first one). I am pretty sound sleeper and this woke me up.
Al Pierce (Offline)
  #14 4/18/08 7:01 AM
Felt it here in Brazil. Probably a reason to raise fuel prices.
triplexxx
  #15 4/18/08 7:03 AM
WOW!!!!!!! My son said it woke him up when this happened.I must be a pretty sound sleeper I never felt a thing.
Knoke77 (Offline)
  #16 4/18/08 7:13 AM
The first shake I felt was actually smaller then the second one. Each of them seemed to only last a second or so in Seymour. Definitely got my attention though while getting ready for work.
wildman92 (Offline)
  #17 4/18/08 7:16 AM
I thought my cat had gotten under the bed and finally gone bonkers!!! I did not like that one single bit!!! Luckily my 5 year old slept through it!!! My husband is headed to Gas City tonight so hopefully there won't be anymore shakin' going on!!!

Jen Kelley (she/her)
midgy (Offline)
  #18 4/18/08 7:21 AM
I felt it here in Brookville. I am about 20 miles west of Dayton, Ohio. Lasted about 10 seconds or so.
illiNOISE (Offline)
  #19 4/18/08 7:21 AM
I never felt a thing here.
wtvwrocks (Offline)
  #20 4/18/08 7:28 AM
Originally Posted by Chris Nunn:
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

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

I live about 15 miles from the epicenter....it's been a long time since we had one this big! Last one was in 02, but this one lasted much longer - approx 30-45 secs for me.....shook pics off the wall and they are reporting some sinkholes forming already in the E'ville area. We had at least two more aftershocks that I could feel after that. I was sleeping really good too, bummer that it woke me up but glad there's no real damage!

Sacha
Post Reply