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West Kentucky Earthquake...Minor
Local Sheriff
| 4/16/2004
| Beau Dodson
Posted on 04/16/2004 8:05:18 PM PDT by Cheetah1
Reports of houses shaking in several counties...also a loud explosion being heard.
Anyone on here in that area.
Anyway have any further information.
Checking the earthquake sites but nothing yet.
This happened about 20 minutes ago.
Further info appreciated...
TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: newmadrasfault; newmadrid; quake
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:05:19 PM PDT
by
Cheetah1
To: Cheetah1
bump
2
posted on
04/16/2004 8:10:36 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: Cheetah1
Ex-Louisivillian BUMP!!
3
posted on
04/16/2004 8:11:36 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Pay attention!! This tagline changes on an irregular schedule and without prior warning.)
To: Cheetah1
To: Cheetah1
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:15:35 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?)
To: Cheetah1
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.
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:16:39 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
To: hole_n_one
Local Sheriff is saying 911 has received dozens of calls about their houses shaking and a loud booming noise.
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:16:44 PM PDT
by
Cheetah1
To: Cheetah1
Oh, it ain't nuthin'. Just some good ole' boys out havin' a good time.
To: Cheetah1
Where in Western KY?
To: Freedom4US
fly over country....so what (humor)
10
posted on
04/16/2004 8:22:50 PM PDT
by
pointsal
To: Cheetah1
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?
11
posted on
04/16/2004 8:24:23 PM PDT
by
John H K
To: Cheetah1
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.
To: John H K
Agreed, probably a sonic boom, they can shake houses for miles.
To: TruBluKentuckian
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
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:26:27 PM PDT
by
Cheetah1
To: KC Burke
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.
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:27:02 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?)
To: TruBluKentuckian
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.
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:27:51 PM PDT
by
John H K
To: John H K
LOL... they can shake your teeth and scare you pretty bad because the plane is already gone when you hear it.
To: Cheetah1
Okay... that's about 60 miles SW of me. Know the area well.
To: Cheetah1
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:32:36 PM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
(Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
To: TruBluKentuckian
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.
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posted on
04/16/2004 8:33:06 PM PDT
by
John H K
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