Earthquake

In the early hours of Friday morning, at around 4:37 am we had a 5.2 earthquake! It was quite scary. Lou woke up and quickly looked outside to see if there was a tornado, no trees blowing, so no. Then he rushed Camden out of bed and into a doorway and covered him up with a blanket and surrounded him with pillows. Cohen and I were asleep in the bedroom in the front of the house. When the shaking began I was paralized in fear. I must admit that I watch Paranormal State, Ghost Hunters and A Haunting and I let my fear get the better of me. For the first few seconds I was thinking "GHOST"! Then I heard the distant rhythmic pounding of a train. I was convinced that a train was about to come crashing right through the front door! The bed was shaking uncontrollably and the windows were rattling so loudly that I just knew they were all about to break! Luckily that didn't happen. It seemed to last minutes, but it was reported to last only about 10 seconds. I got up and turned on the TV to watch the news and there it was...and Earthquake originating from West Salem IL! I was shocked! I never remember experiencing anything like this before. I was so scared and shook up that I was up until almost 6:00 am. I just couldn't force myself to go back to sleep. The USGS says that there were 2 aftershocks in the following 3 hours. I didn't feel those.

First thing in the morning I called my Mom, who slept right through it! How on earth did that happen?!? I have no idea. Then I called my friend Shelley who thought the bed shaking was her husband getting out of bed to get ready for work. Now she realizes that it was the quake she was feeling.

Later in the morning I was in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher when the windows started to rattle again! It was indeed another earthquake. I instantly called Shelley and she felt it too! This time she was awake when it happened and scared! It is scary. I've been feeling uneasy all day.

So it looks like we've recently had 9 earthquakes including the first early morning one. All of this information came from http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/37.39.-89.-87.php

Earthquake List for Map Centered at 38°N, 88°W
Update time = Sat Apr 19 5:00:03 UTC 2008

Here are the earthquakes in the Map Centered at 38°N, 88°W area, most recent at the top.

(Some early events may be obscured by later ones.)

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km LOCATION
MAP 2.7 2008/04/19 03:05:52 38.474 -87.795 2.9 7 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 4.6 2008/04/18 15:14:16 38.478 -87.869 10.0 11 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL
MAP 2.6 2008/04/18 11:55:57 38.465 -87.854 10.0 9 km ( 6 mi) NW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 2.2 2008/04/18 10:46:24 38.440 -87.880 17.8 7 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL
MAP 3.4 2008/04/18 10:36:33 38.460 -87.860 17.8 9 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL
MAP 2.5 2008/04/18 10:15:31 38.464 -87.846 10.0 9 km ( 5 mi) NW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 2.5 2008/04/18 10:03:59 38.453 -87.805 10.0 5 km ( 3 mi) NW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 2.6 2008/04/18 09:59:31 38.469 -87.795 10.0 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Mount Carmel, IL
MAP 5.2 2008/04/18 09:37:00 38.450 -87.890 11.6 7 km ( 5 mi) NNE of Bellmont, IL

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