People keep saying they’ve felt these, but I never notice. (500+ miles away)
I just hope this isn’t a prelude to something really damaging.
Oh Yeah, the Yellowstone Caldera is about to let go.
We are actually pretty near earthquake country, St. Louis is almost on top of it. The New Madrid fault sparked 2 huge quakes in the 1800's when the area was relatively unpopulated. They altered the path of the Mississippi river. People here are going to get the shock of their lives one day. Nothing as far as I know is built to Earthquake code.
this lastest one will be downgraded. we had a 4.6 after the 5.2 and this one (4.5) was not as strong as the 4.6.
I’d guess it as a 4.0 to 4.2 tops
it only lasted about 20 seconds compared to the 45 seconds for the first two.
but believe me I am worried also that this may a build up of something larger in the days ahead.
latest (not lastest)
normally lots of small ones like this are a good thing. it doesn’t all relase at once
I’m in Terre Haute, IN and I honestly haven’t felt even one shock. I lived in San Francisco for 25 years and I think my body is conditioned to not notice anything less than a 6.0 quake.