INTERESTING OLD LOG

Friday, April 18, 2008

EARTHQUAKE!

It is 5:59 a.m. and 56.2 degrees. Patrick, Junior and I and the Border are all here in the Computer Room, having been aroused by an Earthquake in Illinois. Junior is making a report to the USGS. The cats are in Room #4.

At the time of the tremors, I was in bed, getting ready to get up, Patrick was with me as well and awake. The event lasted about 20 seconds and started as a small ticking sound of something shaking, then the bed and the whole house shook (The boarder was awakened by it), then it receded, then there was an immediate aftershock. Junior had just gotten into bed, and during the event came in to my room. We got dressed and took a torch outside and looked around and checked on the big dogs, who were still until we approached. By then we had convinced ourselves it was a quake.

Here is the initial report , now it is 5 pages long, and reports from as much as 400+ miles away from the perceived epicenter:

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	5.4 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time	Friday, April 18, 2008 at 09:36:57 UTC Friday, April 18, 2008 at 04:36:57 AM at epicenter
Location	38.501°N, 87.898°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	ILLINOIS