Earth Shake !!!

[Mercy Now]

:shock: I couldn't sleep last night so I was just lying there in bed trying to get some rest before the morning light. Sometime after 6 a.m I heard rattling. It lasted for about 20 seconds. Then I wake up to an EQ alert.

DT, Richard??? Hope all is well with everyone. 

[spiritvoyager]

I was awake too, MN, having awakened from a dream that felt like it was manipulated.  The house shook badly enough for me to ask for divine protection and from my friends, the earth Devas.  It was over at about 4:43 CST and seems like it lasted at least 2 or 3 minutes.  (I'm west accross lake Michigan from DT and Richard.)  I couldnt sleep after that so I rested in bed until the morning concert from the birds was over.

I noticed Stewart posted his family's experience in his "In The News" column.

[Mercy Now]

Wow SV! Good call on calling in your friends. 

 I have been in strong quakes before in Utah .I know it's an unsettling feeling. Glad you're okay.

 Funny thing ,I've always felt that  the so called  long overdue New Madrid event would actually be in the region where this quake was centered and widen the Mississippi ,  the natural division between eastern and western US.

[spiritvoyager]

You could still be right MN.  I have a feeling we have not seen the last of New Madrid quakes in the forseeable future.  But I did feel like it was a release of negative energy held by Earth in this area and that the energy here is better now.

[Richard]

I must have slept right through it because I didn’t feel anything. I see plenty of other people felt it though. Here’s a story about it.

5.2 earthquake rocks large region of Midwest

By JIM SUHR, Associated Press Writer  7 minutes ago

Residents across the Midwest were awakened Friday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major injuries or damage.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 45 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant cities as Milwaukee, Des Moines, Iowa, and Atlanta, nearly 400 miles to the southeast.

"It shook our house where it woke me up," said David Behm of Philo, 10 miles south of Champaign. "Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California."

In Mount Carmel, 15 southeast of the epicenter, a woman was trapped in her home by a collapsed porch but was quickly freed and wasn't hurt, said Mickie Smith, a dispatcher at the police department. The department took numerous other calls, though none reported anything more serious than objects knocked off walls and out of shelves, she said.

Also in Mount Carmel, a two-story apartment building was evacuated because of loose and falling bricks. Police cordoned off the building, a 1904 school converted to residences.

Bonnie Lucas, a morning co-host at WHO-AM in Des Moines, said she was sitting in her office when she felt her chair move. She grabbed her desk, and then heard the ceiling panels start to creak. The shaking lasted about 5 seconds, she said.

The quake is believed to have involved the Wabash fault, a northern extension of the New Madrid fault about six miles north of Mount Carmel, Ill., said United States Geological Survey geophysicist Randy Baldwin.

The last earthquake in the region to approach the severity of Friday's temblor was a 5.0 magnitude quake that shook a nearby area in 2002, Baldwin said.

"This is a fairly large quake for this region," he said. "They might occur every few years."

Initially reported as a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the USGS revised its estimate to 5.2. Two aftershocks during the next three hours measured 2.6 and a 2.5.

"This was widely felt, all the way to Atlanta, a little bit in Michigan," said USGS geophysicist Carrieann Bedwell.

In Cincinnati, Irvetta McMurtry said she felt the rattling for up to 20 seconds.

"All of a sudden, I was awakened by this rumbling shaking," said McMurtry, 43. "My bed is an older wood frame bed, so the bed started to creak and shake, and it was almost like somebody was taking my mattress and moving it back and forth."

Lucas Griswold, a dispatcher in West Salem, said the Edwards County sheriff's department received reports of minor damage and no injuries.

"Oh, yeah, I felt it. It was interesting," Griswold said. "A lot of shaking."

In Louisville, Ky., the quake caused some bricks to fall off a building near downtown. Television video showed them strewn in the street.

In Chicago, officials were checking structures downtown to ensure there was no damage. The quake also shook skyscrapers in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter.

The strongest earthquake on record with an epicenter in Illinois occurred in 1968, when a 5.3-magnitude temblor was recorded about 75 miles southeast of St. Louis, according the USGS. The damage was minor but widespread and there were no serious injuries.

In 1811 and 1812, the New Madrid fault produced a series of earthquakes estimated at magnitude 7.0 or greater said to be felt as far away as Boston. They were centered in the Missouri town of New Madrid (pronounced MAD rid), 140 miles southeast of St. Louis.

Experts say that with the much higher population in the Midwest, another major quake along the New Madrid fault zone could destroy buildings, bridges, roads and other infrastructure, disrupt communications and isolate areas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_o...MAvR6s0NUE

[Mercy Now]

Yes,SV I agree.It felt like a much needed release or adjustment .It doesn't seem like a precursor to me.

[Mercy Now]

SpiritVoyager, I am in Zone ll...very slight. More like an earthfart here.:D

[GertrudaRose]

Something is very weird here.  I slept right through it.  Most other people in our town were awakened by it.    I usually sleep very lightly because of extreme pain.  I always know if the cat walks into the room or a light goes out.  And yet, I wasn't aware of anything!  I simply don't get it.

[DreamTime]

I know GertrudaRose. I, too, am a very light sleeper, but I didn't seem to feel anything. Not even Anubis woke me up - and he hears, feels, smells everything. I did wake up and had to go to the bathroom. I don't know if that's what woke me up or not...

But I tell you...I think certain people were really exaggerating when they said how violent it was felt in Michigan...

[eMERGe]

I'm near Grand Rapids, MI. Here it was like a rolling motion almost Made me feel like I had motion sickness. I spoke with some one near Detroit and they said that things did shake more there. I heard reports tonight that it was also felt in the Upper Peninsula of MI.

From what I have read this area is not directly on the New Madrid fault line, but is an off shoot and is a zone where the plates are also moving away from each other.