what2craftnow Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I know a 4.3 earthquake is no big newsworthy thing for most - but here in Illinois, we just don't have them that often. It woke us up here. I just thought the dumb dog had jumped up on our bed and was going to yell at him - but he was not even in the room. LOL My teenage son on the other hand, was convinced someone or something had run across our roof! Like anyone would be out running roofs at 4am after a semi-big snowstorm...kids, gotta love 'em. Did anyone else feel the earth move this morning? Just curious. Seems Mother Earth has been doing a lot of "shifting" lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Isn't it about time for the New Madrid faultline to move a BIG one? Like rerouting the Mississippi River again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I felt one in Philadelphia once, in the early 70's. I woke up during the night from the sound of what seemed to be an explosion. In the morning I found out we'd had a little earthquake. I got curious, and just found this about earthquakes in the northeast, seems we've had quite a few little quakes over the years. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/sta...nia/history.php If you scroll down the side bar you can get info on quakes by state. We had a small quake in Maine a few years ago, but I didn't notice it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just One More Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I missed this one but felt the one last year. The cats woke up at 4 AM but they do that a lot anyway. I think this one was more north of Decatur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Well, I spotted two marks just to the South of New Madrid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Tiny earthquakes are a good thing. They release pressure within the earth. It's when the pressure builds up over a long period of time that you get a good sized quake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Med Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 We rarely get them here in England and about 18 months ago I experienced my first. It was the biggest for several decades but I don't recall the measure. I was working late and it was about 01:00 a.m. when the whole house seemed to shake, it happened so quickly but I recall seeing what appeared to be the corner of the room actually moving. this was followed by a loud bang - and then nothing - no cracks or damage. John was asleep so I woke him up and said I think we have just had an earthquake, he said "don't be silly it was probably just Mai (siamese cat) jumping off the dresser" rolled over and went back to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Isn't it about time for the New Madrid faultline to move a BIG one? Like rerouting the Mississippi River again? Yes. That's what the media is saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Isn't it about time for the New Madrid faultline to move a BIG one? Like rerouting the Mississippi River again? It will happen some day, though scientists have no way of knowing if it'll be within our lifetimes or 200 or more years from now. Yesterday I happened to find a scientific article about the mountain in the Canary Islands sliding into the sea and forming a 100 foot tidal wave that will come sweeping across the Atlantic. It said that won't happen, that mountains don't collapse that way, and that the original source of the story was a university department that was looking for massive publicity to get more funding for themselves. I have figured out the best route inland, though, just to be on the safe side. The trouble in Maine is, only small backroads lead inland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 If it's in the Canary Islands, I'd worry more that Washington, DC, would become a lagoon. If it would skip downtown Orlando, a tidal wave is perfectly welcome to Disney World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janet Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 As a native Californian, they're just part of life. I could probably tell you a few stories . . . One hit at night after the kids were in bed. They were sharing a bunk bed, and my older son was complaining, "James, stop shaking the bed!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I had heard that this quake wasn't on the New Madrid fault. But as for the New Madrid, I was just watching a program on earthquake survival a couple days ago and they were saying something like a huge quake on that faultline had a 95% chance of happening in the next 30 years. Think I'll stay on the West Coast here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewies_mom Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Wow, living in California I am right near a fault so I'm used to them. I didn't think they had earthquakes over there. But I also didn't think we had tornadoes here and a couple weeks ago there was a small one in Long Beach (where I was working that day). Nature is so unpredictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I was listening to a San Francisco based radio station on the computer and they issued a tornado warning for parts of Santa Clara county a couple weeks ago. I lived there 25 years and never heard such a thing. They broke into the radio program with one of those warning things and I expected them to say it was test like they always do. Imagine my surprise when they came on and said tornado warning! I had never heard one of those alarms ever being anything but a test too, so there were two firsts in one fell swoop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Didn't Nostradamus predict some kind of earthquakes or whatever that would split the United States into 3 parts? One divider was straight down the Mississippi if my memory serves me correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLyn M. Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Very scary....the whole climate seems to be awry....And this earthquake is about the 5th in the past week or so. Quess I'll use more wax to hold down my minis..LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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