A 4.2 EQ struck this morning in Howard county and I felt it here in Anderson! :spooked:
Happened shortly before 8 this morning and the news is now reporting on it. . . :spooked:
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 4.2 magnitude earthquake centered about 13 miles southeast of Kokomo at 7:55 a.m. today.
Reports to the Star felt the quake as far south as Martinsville and as far west as New Castle. People on the Northeastside of Indianapolis and in Noblesville said items were shaking on shelves.
Gabrielle Sauce, who co-owns an advertising/marketing company agency in Noblesville, said she was working while sitting on her couch when "the house began to rattle and shake. It lasted probably 5 to 7 seconds."
http://www.indystar.com/article/20101230/LOCAL/101230007/4-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-central-Indiana?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com (http://www.indystar.com/article/20101230/LOCAL/101230007/4-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-central-Indiana?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com)
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Quote from: Palehorse on December 30, 2010, 08:26:12 AM
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 4.2 magnitude earthquake centered about 13 miles southeast of Kokomo at 7:55 a.m. today.
Reports to the Star felt the quake as far south as Martinsville and as far west as New Castle. People on the Northeastside of Indianapolis and in Noblesville said items were shaking on shelves.
Gabrielle Sauce, who co-owns an advertising/marketing company agency in Noblesville, said she was working while sitting on her couch when "the house began to rattle and shake. It lasted probably 5 to 7 seconds."
http://www.indystar.com/article/20101230/LOCAL/101230007/4-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-central-Indiana?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com (http://www.indystar.com/article/20101230/LOCAL/101230007/4-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-central-Indiana?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com)
Was somebody hittin' the Sauce at the time?
Quote from: followsthewolf on December 30, 2010, 08:30:46 AM
Was somebody hittin' the Sauce at the time?
:biggrin: :biggrin:
Date-Time
Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 12:55:21 UTC
Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 07:55:21 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
40.427°N, 85.888°W
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 miles) set by location program
Region
INDIANA
Distances
20 km (15 miles) ESE of Kokomo, Indiana
20 km (15 miles) WSW of Marion, Indiana
40 km (25 miles) S of Wabash, Indiana
75 km (50 miles) NNE of INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 11.7 km (7.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=103, Nph=113, Dmin=102.4 km, Rmss=1.49 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=7
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0000x03
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USGS is now saying that the EQ was a 3.8 and not a 4.2 as they initially reported it.
Quote from: followsthewolf on December 30, 2010, 08:30:46 AM
Was somebody hittin' the Sauce at the time?
;D ;D
What an unfortunate or fortunate name. I gues it depends on perspective. :biggrin:
Earthquake? When is the last time that happened in Indiana?
Quote from: Sandy Eggo on December 30, 2010, 09:34:17 AM
Earthquake? When is the last time that happened in Indiana?
2008 was the last time in this area. . .
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The epicenter is "highly irregular, extremely rare, unprecedented," John Steinmetz, director of the Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University, told the Star Press at Muncie. (Concerning today's quake)
The Indiana Geological Survey had no records of an earthquake this size in Central Indiana ever. Steinmetz said he needed more time to research when — if ever — central Indiana had been the center of even a more minor earthquake.
The last major earthquake in Indiana on April 18, 2008, had a magnitude of 5.2 and was the strongest to hit the state in 40 years.
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Crack in one of our family room windows as a result of this morning's shaker. . . :spooked:
Thus far it is the only damage I have seen. . .
September 1998: A 5.2-magnitude shakes buildings in at least five states, including parts of Northern Indiana.
June 2002: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Evansville and is felt as far north as South Bend. Only minor damage is reported.
April 2008: A 5.2 quake, the biggest in 40 years, had its start at West Salem, Ill., about 125 miles southwest of Indianapolis. It rattled windows and woke people from their beds just after 5:30 a.m.
My daughter felt it. I somehow missed it.
My entire time in CA I've only felt one earthquake. It was cool. ;D
We live just on the south side of Anderson and didn't feel a thing. My friend lives just north of Anderson and felt it big time. No one at Bob Evans noticed it.
I didn't know that area is prone to seismic activity.
Quote from: Locutus on December 30, 2010, 12:36:08 PM
I didn't know that area is prone to seismic activity.
Yeah, it is but normally the epicenter is not located anywhere near central Indiana. In fact, they are shocked that this happened and are scrambling to understand why/how it happened.
The closest seismograph is located in Bloomington IN, at Indiana University. The USGS does not even have anything that I am awareof in central Indiana itself. (They tend to focus on the New Madrid fault-line near Evansville.)
Scientists scoured their maps for fault lines nearby and say it was likely triggered by the
Sharpsville fault, alittle-known fault Near Kokomo.
"We know so little about it simply because it's deep within the earth and we haven't experienced any seismic in this part of the state in our historic records," said John Steinmetz, Indiana Geological Survey.
I was still asleep and didn't feel a thing.
Quote from: me on December 31, 2010, 03:35:21 AM
I was still asleep and didn't feel a thing.
Well, maybe my earthquake insurance might pay off one of these days. They are getting closer to where I live. Hell I might be the only one in town to get a new home.