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Earthquake in Decatur, Illinois.
April 18, 2008 | Me

Posted on 04/18/2008 2:45:28 AM PDT by dinoparty

Decatur, Illinois

My wife and I just felt a very noticeable earthquake.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; US: Indiana; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: earthquake; illinois; quake; usgs
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To: July 4th

261 posted on 04/18/2008 8:50:52 AM PDT by shineon
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To: Erasmus

South Mattis... prior to Old Farm, that was out in the country, I guess. Lots of stuff going in now, they’re breaking ground with things that essentially go all the way out to the (now fenced-in) airport.

We’re just east of Staley, but there are homes even four blocks west of us!

HF


262 posted on 04/18/2008 9:01:15 AM PDT by holden
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To: Earthdweller
Central Indiana took some kind of stronger wave for some reason...

Harder, maybe, but seemingly not for as long. Here in Vincennes I hit the dial on my stopwatch once it began, and it stopped in 47 seconds.

Magnitude 5.2 - ILLINOIS
2008 April 18 09:37:00 UTC

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time Friday, April 18, 2008 at 09:37:00 UTC
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 04:37:00 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 38.450°N, 87.890°W
Depth 11.6 km (7.2 miles) set by location program
Region ILLINOIS
Distances 7 km (5 miles) NNE (13°) from Bellmont, IL
9 km (6 miles) E (88°) from Bone Gap, IL
11 km (7 miles) N (350°) from Keensburg, IL
41 km (26 miles) SW (232°) from Vincennes, IN
60 km (38 miles) NNW (331°) from Evansville, IN
206 km (128 miles) E (95°) from St. Louis, MO

Source Center for Earthquake Research and Information,
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Event ID us2008qza6

LERTCON FOUR

Incident Report- EARTHQUAKE- us2008qza6
Reporting Location 47591-
38.6837ºN-87.5212ºW
18 April 2008 Friday
Event time 04:37 local
Magnitude 5.4 reported
Magnitude 5.2 confirmed USGS
Epicenter West Salem IL
38.539°N, 87.865°W
Little Wabash Fault
Duration approx 45 seconds
WX conditions: good/62º/darkness
Local damage reported:
Gibson CO IN PD EMA dispatch center lost phone svc
Petersburg IN antenna tower collapse rptd
MtCarmel IL rptd home roof collapse, house
trailer off foundation, residential gas line leaks
MtCarmel coal mine evacuated
Belmont IL train reported derailed
NewHarmony IN brick bldg facade collapse rptd
Vincennes IN University dorm rptd evacuated
Bridge collapse reported NONE
Fatalities reported NONE
Major injuries reported NONE
Aftershocks reported 25 mile radius many
Previous incident Flat Rock IL 1987
See also
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 15:14:16 UTC

and Earthquake Near Evansville: Another Warning of Things to Come

263 posted on 04/18/2008 9:06:02 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: Earthdweller
No...what a strange question...why do you ask?

Maybe you're not paying attention. Every time a fire, or quake or what ever happens on the west coast, it never fails, several toothless morons will always jump in hoping for massive death and destruction. Happens all the time. Hope that explains.

264 posted on 04/18/2008 9:06:33 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: raybbr
Called the local police and officer on duty thought he might be having caffeine withdrawals.

I am really curious. What were the police supposed to do?

In our era the procedure established by our local county Emergency Management Director was that in the event the community's tornado/disaster warning sirens failed, he'd go outside and fire shots into the air as a backup warning signal.

At least until he ran out of arrows.

265 posted on 04/18/2008 9:08:35 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: archy

5.2 is worthy of mention. Barely.


266 posted on 04/18/2008 9:09:15 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: dragnet2

Oh OK...there is always a moron or two in every crowd.


267 posted on 04/18/2008 9:11:01 AM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: traderrob6
Just felt a major AS at 10:18AM at Olney. Was reported at 4.5

Noticeable aftershocks could occur for the next two or three days, generally they will slowly diminish in strength.

Worst case scenario would be they start increasing in strength. Even to a small degree, that would not be good.

268 posted on 04/18/2008 9:13:00 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Abathar

Why does the Earth “hum?”

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/space_symphony_000323.html

The apparent answer, revealed in the March 24 issue of the journal Science, is as surprising as the hum itself.

Kiwamu Nishida of the University of Tokyo’s Earthquake Research Institute has, along with colleagues, analyzed 10 years of seismic data and tied the seismic waves to similar oscillations in the atmosphere.

Inaudible sound waves in the lower atmosphere push and pull on the ground, the researchers say, creating coupled “sound” waves, or seismic waves, inside Earth. The initial source, as yet not determined, could be changes in atmospheric pressure. The researchers also did not rule out possible oceanic sources, such as pounding waves, as the cause of Earth’s hum.


269 posted on 04/18/2008 9:13:18 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: All

bookmark bump


270 posted on 04/18/2008 9:13:48 AM PDT by Nowhere Man (Is Barak HUSSEIN Obama the Anti-Christ? "Barak Ho-Tep!! Barak Ho-Tep!")
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To: RightWhale
5.2 is worthy of mention. Barely.

It's an attention-getter when it happens when you're on top of a railroad boxcar. Which is where I was when the similar intensity June '87 quake hit.

So far, no fatalities reported hereabouts.

271 posted on 04/18/2008 9:14:41 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: archy

If you are sitting in a hard seat chair in math class you can detect a 3.0 easily.


272 posted on 04/18/2008 9:16:07 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: RightWhale

what if it’s Latin class?


273 posted on 04/18/2008 9:17:22 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: dragnet2
Worst case scenario would be they start increasing in strength. Even to a small degree, that would not be good.

Locally we are also watching for other indications, such as the rivers flowing in reverse, or the church bells in Pittsburg ringing from a 'quake centered on southern Illinois/Missouri.

Which has happened before. And the longer it is until the New Madrid fault area releases the built-up stresses, the more intense that eventual release will be.

274 posted on 04/18/2008 9:18:32 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: RightWhale
If you are sitting in a hard seat chair in math class you can detect a 3.0 easily.

No doubt the engineering students at West Point can do a little better, easily detecting a 4.0

275 posted on 04/18/2008 9:19:44 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; bcsco
I slept through the quake. My daughter woke up, though.

Then about an hour ago there was an aftershock here.

I'm in St. Louis.

276 posted on 04/18/2008 9:20:17 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (St. Louis)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
what if it’s Latin class?

Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur- in vita priore ego imperator romanus fui

277 posted on 04/18/2008 9:22:36 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: archy

Confirmed Vincennes IN University dorms were evacuated as a pre-caution, residents were allowed back in after about 45 minutes.


278 posted on 04/18/2008 9:23:23 AM PDT by RoadDogg (If our troops are dumb, then consider this college student an ABSOLUTE IDIOT.)
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To: archy
“Locally we are also watching for other indications, such as the rivers flowing in reverse, or the church bells in Pittsburg ringing from a ‘quake centered on southern Illinois/Missouri.”

If that starts those will the least of your worries. You will have a whole lot more on your mind, like standing up or wondering if the ceiling is coming down.

279 posted on 04/18/2008 9:24:15 AM PDT by Polynikes (Hey. I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?)
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To: mvpel
Why does the Earth “hum?”

Because it doesn't know the words?

280 posted on 04/18/2008 9:25:06 AM PDT by Jonah Hex ("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
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