4/18/2008 3:26:57 AM |
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honeyhoney4
Benton, IL
age: 71
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EARTHQUAKE! I was woke up this morning to a 5.4 earthquake
about 4:30 am CDT. TV said is was felt from St.Louis to Evansville, In.
to in Ky.- so in the Tri-state area [Il-Mo -Ky]. Some damage now being
reported in Paducah,Ky area.
I did not feel it but my bird went crazy flapping and making sounds.
Have you ever been in one? How would you feel? What would you do? 
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4/18/2008 6:26:22 AM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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billy1954
Normal, IL
age: 54
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It woke me up. I had to check the news this morning to make sure I was not dreaming.
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4/18/2008 6:48:21 AM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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swtjanet
Canton, IL
age: 45
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I was awake and omg it was strong...I felt my house shake. I hope everyone is ok out there. Thank you for the post. Janet from Canton, IL
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4/18/2008 7:17:28 AM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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honeynubbin
Aurora, IL
age: 49
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I slept straight through it. My cats must have too because they'll usually react strongly enough to a loud truck going down the street to wake me up.
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4/18/2008 7:17:56 AM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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sweetbabeblues
Hannibal, MO
age: 53
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Fortunatly I slept right through it, and didn't feel a thing. 
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4/18/2008 12:40:19 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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sweetbabeblues
Hannibal, MO
age: 53
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But I sure felt the one at 10: 15, when the whole house shook, and mym monitor almost fell to the floor, and a few pictures fell of my desk. Dishes rattled, and my bed moved from the wall about 3-4 inches....
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4/18/2008 1:24:18 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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honeyhoney4
Benton, IL
age: 71
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I was not home for the 2nd Quake. But I
definitely felt it this time. This time I think [not sure]
it was less, like 4.2 and I hear of more damage from it.
I keep thinking Illinois is surrounded by [water]
rivers could this make a difference in our future?
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4/18/2008 2:19:48 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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sweetbabeblues
Hannibal, MO
age: 53
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Can you imagine us breaking away and having to cross major bridges like in San Francisco just to get to us? Not sure I would like that.... We'd be an Island for sure..... 
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4/18/2008 3:10:28 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 47
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You could sure feel it here!!!! Felt an after shock at 10:15 too!
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4/18/2008 6:41:58 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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tabitha477
Casey, IL
age: 50
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Felt it big time at 4:30 this morning. Swore I heard the news say it was 5.4 in Atlanta, Ga....
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4/18/2008 7:08:39 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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raven622
Fairview Heights, IL
age: 48
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My bed shook so hard! ! The last time I shook like that, I had a fever.

[Edited 4/18/2008 7:42:12 PM]
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4/19/2008 1:28:30 PM |
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magicraven
Butler, IL
age: 58
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I was at work and the windows were rattling as well as all the glass bottles in the cooler. I headed for the kitchen area and away from all that glass, but luckily none of it broke. Then my daughter called a while later from Northwest Indiana (by Lake Michigan). They felt it too!
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4/19/2008 3:42:36 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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raven622
Fairview Heights, IL
age: 48
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Well apparently, there have been a few more lesser quakes reported 4 - 7 miles NNE of Belmont, IL. You can go to http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps if you would like to track these.
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4/20/2008 4:00:18 PM |
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bookshort
Herrin, IL
age: 59
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Believe it or not, I was at work helping unload a semi and did NOT feel a thing. Not the one at 4 something and not the one at 10 something. I have had people ask me what did I think about the earthquake and I am like, "What earthquake?" So I asked some of the others who I work with (we go to work at 4 a.m. to unload trucks for Target) and they said they didn't feel anything either. I do know what an earthquake is. I grew up in SO. CA. and have been thru a lot of earthquakes. The worst one I remember was in 1979. We lived in San Jose, CA. I worked on the first floor of a three storey mall in a bank when this "roller coaster" 'quake came thru. That was weird; that felt weird.
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4/21/2008 7:50:05 PM |
Earthquake felt early this morning! |
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honeyhoney4
Benton, IL
age: 71
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Well, I am behind on this. Last nite after midnite [the early morning hours of the 21st] we had another earthquake . Kinda makes a person afraid to close their eyes.
Who knows? we might wake up in a big hole -
[shuddering, and backing out-bad thoughts],
News says we have had 15 tremors since the first one.
Do we really know what to do in case of a really bad earthquake?
I know I'm a gonna learn, pronto!

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