Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake

Chris Nunn · 4/18/08, 5:51 AM

Woke up at 5:35 to the wonderful shaking of windows and lights. Knocked a cup off of the table next to me.

Peliminary reports are pointing to a 5.4 magnitude earthquake about 41 miles northwest of Evansville.

Chris Nunn · 4/18/08, 5:56 AM

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.

terrehautian · 4/18/08, 6:07 AM

It takes allot to wake me up, and this woke me up. I don't ever want to go through one again.

arctic monkey21 · 4/18/08, 6:14 AM

We're over here real close to it in Olney. Took me a long time to figure out what was going on. My mom is St Louis and it was pretty strong there. Will have to find out if my girlfriend and her family in Iowa felt it. We felt a slight aftershock shortly after the quake by about 5 minutes or so.

Dwight Clock · 4/18/08, 6:21 AM

I'm in Marion, In, about 230 miles Northeast of the epicenter and it shook the building here. I pray that everyone is all right.

ThrottleHead · 4/18/08, 6:22 AM

Columbus here and it woke me up. By the time I got my senses about me it was basically over. I thought I felt an aftershock too.... but I had taken sleep medication last night so i didn't know if I was still loopy from it.

Mud Packer · 4/18/08, 6:30 AM

It got my attention here in Anderson. Felt both the tremor as well as th aftershock. Let's hope everyone is fine and maybe only slight property damage.

4/18/08, 6:35 AM

Ironically, i've been reading a book about David Crockett and he was talking about "the shakes," which followed the New Madrid,Mo., Earthquake of about 1811 and 1812. The original quake was so strong the Mississippi River ran backwards for a while and rang chuch bells in Philadephia. Crockett settled in a region of western Tennessee that was radically reshaped by the eartquake and tremors, and happened to be great for hunting bears.

When I was a reporter at the Princeton, Ind., Daily Clarion 25 years ago, I did reports about a major event along the New Madrid fault lines being overdue.

Jim Morrison

Dirtfan · 4/18/08, 6:36 AM

I received a text message from my daughter in Evansville, she says all is well there. As for Trent I am fairly sure he slept through it!

Tim Watson · 4/18/08, 6:38 AM

HOLY :censor: Not what i need to hear as we are about 1 hour away from heading to Gas City.

4/18/08, 6:36 AM	#9 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
Dirtfan Senior Member Race Count This Year: 51 Race Count Last Year: 57 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,532	I received a text message from my daughter in Evansville, she says all is well there. As for Trent I am fairly sure he slept through it! __________________ Dan Hetser "Today is a Gift, Tomorrow is not Promised"

4/18/08, 5:51 AM	#1 Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
Chris Nunn Senior Member Race Count This Year: 20 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,123	Woke up at 5:35 to the wonderful shaking of windows and lights. Knocked a cup off of the table next to me. Peliminary reports are pointing to a 5.4 magnitude earthquake about 41 miles northwest of Evansville.

4/18/08, 5:56 AM	#2 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
Chris Nunn Senior Member Race Count This Year: 20 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,123	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.

4/18/08, 6:07 AM	#3 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
terrehautian Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,518	It takes allot to wake me up, and this woke me up. I don't ever want to go through one again.

4/18/08, 6:14 AM	#4 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
arctic monkey21 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 387	We're over here real close to it in Olney. Took me a long time to figure out what was going on. My mom is St Louis and it was pretty strong there. Will have to find out if my girlfriend and her family in Iowa felt it. We felt a slight aftershock shortly after the quake by about 5 minutes or so.

4/18/08, 6:21 AM	#5 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
Dwight Clock Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,233	I'm in Marion, In, about 230 miles Northeast of the epicenter and it shook the building here. I pray that everyone is all right.

4/18/08, 6:22 AM	#6 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
ThrottleHead Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,150	Columbus here and it woke me up. By the time I got my senses about me it was basically over. I thought I felt an aftershock too.... but I had taken sleep medication last night so i didn't know if I was still loopy from it.

4/18/08, 6:30 AM	#7 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
Mud Packer Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 59 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,074	It got my attention here in Anderson. Felt both the tremor as well as th aftershock. Let's hope everyone is fine and maybe only slight property damage.

4/18/08, 6:35 AM	#8 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
bigmojo5 Posts: n/a	Ironically, i've been reading a book about David Crockett and he was talking about "the shakes," which followed the New Madrid,Mo., Earthquake of about 1811 and 1812. The original quake was so strong the Mississippi River ran backwards for a while and rang chuch bells in Philadephia. Crockett settled in a region of western Tennessee that was radically reshaped by the eartquake and tremors, and happened to be great for hunting bears. When I was a reporter at the Princeton, Ind., Daily Clarion 25 years ago, I did reports about a major event along the New Madrid fault lines being overdue. Jim Morrison

4/18/08, 6:38 AM	#10 Re: Nothing like being woken up by an Earthquake
Tim Watson Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,509	HOLY :censor: Not what i need to hear as we are about 1 hour away from heading to Gas City.