Midwesterners...Who felt the earthqauke?

[LiftGirl]

I'm just curious if anybody on here was within range to feel this morning's earthquake. I felt it, but thought it was a tornado. When you feel your house shake in Illinois (and it's 4:30 in the morning, and you're not really awake) you think tornado, not earthquake. Imagine...an earthquake in Illinois.

It freaked me out! (OK, California people, stop laughing!) Then I thought I had just dreamed the tornado, because when I got up to look around, there was no damage outside. So I thought I had a crazy dream. The cats definitely felt it too. They were standing straight up. I think my bettas may have also felt it. Moonbeam tucked himself between the filter and the heater cord.

An earthquake in Illinois!

[westside24]

Originally Posted by LiftGirl

An earthquake in Illinois!

No I didnt feel it, but I wake up at 55, and in the shower by 530, im est. time, so I was in the shower when it happened, but I couldnt feel it, but at the news station (13abc) they could feel it they reported.

It was a 5.3 in evansville... which is about 6 hours from here.

there has been 2 in the past 3-4 months around cleveland also!
they were both 3. somethings, nothing major.

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by westside24

It was a 5.3 in evansville... which is about 6 hours from here.

Evansville is about an hour west of my hometown.

The quake was centered in southern IL, not too far from where I am now (East Central IL).

[westside24]

there was another big ass aftershock, I think a 4.9?? monday??

[Firehawk]

Apparently people around me felt it but I didn't. Around that time I was rushing out of the house to get to work. Probably happened when I was pulling out of the driveway.

[westside24]

Yea I felt it, then I saw war of the worlds gigantic alien come from underneatht the ground and start blasting people with there gamma lasers!

Fhawk! I remember you dude? haha