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Gang, we just had a minor earthquake here. The whole house was shaking for about 20-30 seconds. It scared the heebie jeebies out of my son and my wife. There is no damage to the house that I know of. There are a lot of really old houses around here. I hope no one has been injured. I turned my scanner on and will keep y'all posted.

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The TV news is reporting that it registered 5.4 on the ricther scale.

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It woke me up. First one I've ever actually felt. Freeeeaky. :eek:

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Wow. You live at least 150 miles from me too. Here's information on where it was centered.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...42.-95.-85.php

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It woke people up as far away as Wabash, Indiana too. There's someone that posts on another forum I'm on that's from there.

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Our local news report moments ago said that the quake started here in downtown Flint through to Evansville, Indiana.

I didn't feel anything shaking...woke up a couple of times, but it was just excitement about our trip this weekend I think.

Going to call my brother in Anderson now...

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My brother said my 14 yr. old nephew woke them up because his bed moved...wow!!

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RETRACTION:

Our news is NOW saying it didn't start here...possibly in Illinois...the quake was FELT in downtown Flint.

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I live in Calif. and I didn't feel a thing.

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I'm in Louisville, KY, felt my bed shaking violently for over 5 seconds...

Didn't put in together that there had been an earthquake until I turned on the news.

My 13 year old remarked that's the way it's going to be when Jesus comes, it will just happen....

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Mom called my brother in Virden, IL (30 min. from Springfield) and he said their whole house shook...he put his hand on the wall and felt the vibration.

No damage, thank the Lord...

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There is some damage in St. Louis (35 miles southwest of us).

I know of no damage here.

Everyone will be jittery for a while now.

Most folks don't realize that we have a huge fault here in the Midwest named the New Madrid fault. This fault created the largest earthquake in U.S. history way back in the early 1800's. It caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards, created Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee and rang bells in Philadelphia.

Geologists have been predicting a massive Midwest quake for years.

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My brother is an engineer and runs a train out of Indiana.

He said that he felt it on the train. He didn't pay much attention to it because other trains, etc can make the ground shake.

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at 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

YIKES!

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My sister is in Evansville, IN and my brother in St. Louis. I need to see if they felt anything. Think I'll call them!

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It woke me up about 4:30 in Finley, Tennessee with my bed rocking. I didn't know what had happened until I heard the news reports.

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This sounds like it was wide spread. Thank God it was'nt a bigger one!

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It woke my daughter up in St. Louis - - she said her bed was shaking and she didn't know what it was - she was scared to death!

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Hey I did not wake up... but I did have a strange dream, does that count?

I hardly ever dream at all.

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Nothing felt in Green Bay. Just my son passing gas........

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I slept through it!:bedtime

No temblors on the west coast!:runhills

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We just had an aftershock.

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Yep, my daughter just emailed!

She's freaking out.

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Did you guys just feel that one!!!!!!!!!:reaction

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How big of an aftershock?

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Well, I don't have a seismograph handy....lol.... So I dunno the official readings of it, but it was enough that we could feel it all over the region again.

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Makes you wonder if it's an after shock or just gearing up for the big ONE!

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little over 4.

I guess this will be the topic of every radio show I hear today.....UGH! Local radio..........:kickcan

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Thanks for the comforting thoughts. :reaction

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Tell me about it - my daugher is 250 miles away from me!!!!

She just said she's pretty jumpy right now at work - - even when someone big walks by and shakes the floor she's freaking - - LOL!

I told her to keep her purse/phone handy and dive under her desk if it gets bad. She just replied "okay mommie"! LOL!

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It was just my......oh, nevermind.......

But lucky for you all, we are headed for Chicago this afternoon........

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Glad to know our building here is not the only one that does that. LOL

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I ALWAYS miss out on the fun! I slept right through the whole thing. It woke Mrs. Pianoman up. She said that she thought it was vibration from a low flying plane or something.

It woke up all of my fellow employees!

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I live near Cincinnati, Ohio which is in the Southwest corner of the state, just a few miles from Indiana and from Kentucky.

I slept through it. So did my wife.
Some folks in the Cincinnati area reported beds shaking, pictures rattling on the walls, things in cupboards jiggling, etc.

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Back when Chief Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, were visiting various tribes and groups of Native Americans to form a confederacy to resist the invasion of white folks from the east, the Prophet prophesied that the Mississippi river would run backward as a sign that God was on their side. That prophecy about the river was later fulfilled but the rape, genocide, and ethnic cleansing of the Native Americans was not stopped.

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Don't feel bad, I call my parents this morning and they said they didn't get woke up by the quake either (they live up on the west end of the Lake of the Ozarks) I was up and didn't notice a thing, but then I was in upstate New York this morning. I miss out on all the fun:kickcan

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We felt it here. We're about 7 miles from the Ohio line in Indiana. About an hour and a half away from Wabash, Indiana. It lasted about 15 seconds. It was just a little scary and it's funny...the verse that has been mentioned is the exact verse that came to my mind when it happened. I guess yikes it is!

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Our dog got us up this morning when it took place.