# Earthquake! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406 "2008-04-15T05:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/1 "2008-04-15T05:53:14Z")
Just a few minutes ago. Short rumbler here in Santa Barbara. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/2 "2008-04-15T06:18:11Z")
Weird. I didn’t feel it at all. My house is an old creaky thing, but I didn’t notice a damn thing. I see that it was a 3.2 which should have registered at least a shelf shaking. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/3 "2008-04-18T10:16:54Z")
Yours must have been this one. [http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/STORE/X10318437/ciim\_display.html](http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/STORE/X10318437/ciim_display.html) We just had this one in the MidWest! Discussed here- > **[Earthquake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464431)** > > Imagine! My very first Thread, and it wound up not being planned at all! A few minutes ago, there was a Midwestern earthquake. Ennyone else feel it? I used to live in California, so yes, I can tell if it’s an earthquake or not. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/4 "2008-04-18T10:26:20Z")
isn’t that interesting… 5:38 am EST this morning: a 5.4 shake here in the indiana illinois area! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/5 "2008-04-18T10:38:34Z")
It woke me up. Gee golly, that was exciting. My eyes are still watering, and I can’t get back to sleep. My cat is being super-needy, too. Poor puddy tat. ETA: whoops wrong earthquake. Sorry. Moving to the _Illinois_ quake thread. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/6 "2008-04-18T10:43:26Z")
got my attention, lemme tell you. woke me up in a hurry. serious adreneline dump. so much for sleep. it’s an hour later and i’m ironing shirts. how long did it last in your area (the new madrid quake. not the one in california). ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/7 "2008-04-18T11:03:33Z")
We had one just while ago, at 5:37 ET, centered somewhere near Olney, IL. I’m in west central Indiana, and our daughter and I were awake at the time. I was in the kitchen, getting coffee, and felt the shaking. It lasted for nearly 10 seconds. It was only a 5.4, but it was still rather cool to experience, nonetheless! There were a few pictures off kilter, and a few things rattled on top of my kitchen shelves, and things in our daughter’s room rattled around. She was in her computer chair, and it began to roll just a bit, too. I suppose I should check the foundation and outside walls, after it gets a little more light outside, just to be on the safe side. Also, the gas and water lines. Earthquakes are such a rare occurrence here, nothing is really built to withstand much of an earthquake, I’d imagine. So, it’s best that things get checked out. This was not part of the New Madrid fault system, but it was part of the Wabash Valley fault system. I need to Google that, and do some research on it, as I know nothing about that one! ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/445406/8 "2008-04-18T11:13:01Z")
ours was definitely new madrid. shook the hell out of my place for a good 20 - 25 seconds. no damage that i can see, but it isn’t light enough yet to have a good look-see. this was my third earthquake! now i’m moving to the other thread on earthquakes. mother nature is going to have one of those days, i think.