West Kentucky Earthquake...Minor

Local Sheriff | 4/16/2004 | Beau Dodson

[rwfromkansas]

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[upchuck]

Ex-Louisivillian BUMP!!

[hole_n_one]

[Tennessee_Bob]

Go here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/ and report it towards the bottom.

[KC Burke]

I have often wondered what will happen to Paducah if the New Madrid kicks loose big-time. With those two big lakes to its woutheast and the river valley it occupies, I would think that it stands to pass from memory if there is any sort of failure at either dam.

[Cheetah1]

Local Sheriff is saying 911 has received dozens of calls about their houses shaking and a loud booming noise.

[Freedom4US]

Oh, it ain't nuthin'. Just some good ole' boys out havin' a good time.

[OrangeDaisy]

Where in Western KY?

[pointsal]

fly over country....so what (humor)

[John H K]

Well, that area is wired well enough that if it was a quake it would have shown up immediately on a USGS site.

Possibilities are a sonic boom from something, or, a fireball meteor detonating. See a flash in the sky or anything?

[TruBluKentuckian]

I'm in west Kentucky and didn't feel anything... and it's not on the earthquake map yet and it's usually pretty fast.

What counties? I'm in Union.

[TruBluKentuckian]

Agreed, probably a sonic boom, they can shake houses for miles.

[Cheetah1]

Reports are from Ballard County...McCracken County...seem to be getting all the calls.

Massac not sure across the river...

Yes they usually show up pretty fast on that site.

I have not heard about a fireball...I will check on that as a possibility.

Still watching the wire...

Believe it was shallow...

If it was a quake...we will see here soon

[Tennessee_Bob]

They say New Madrid was an 8.0 - felt a thousand miles away in Boston. It's going to be interesting if/when it breaks loose.

[John H K]

I'd actually never heard one till I was fishing on a partyboat offshore of Maryland; got buzzed by an F-15 at VERY low altitude and he was supersonic.

I really never expected one to be THAT loud. It was behind me and I didn't know what it was till I turned around, almost crapped my pants and almost lost my rod in the water.

[TruBluKentuckian]

LOL... they can shake your teeth and scare you pretty bad because the plane is already gone when you hear it.

[TruBluKentuckian]

Okay... that's about 60 miles SW of me. Know the area well.

[Momaw Nadon]

[John H K]

This guy was REALLY close; by the time I turned around he was still nearby; I doubt many civilians have heard a boom that close. Honestly he wasn't higher than 500 feet above the water either.