Earthquake in Indiana!!!

Holy hell! We had an earthquake this morning...woke me up out of a sound sleep, made me scream like a little girl..My eight year old ran into my room freaking out....scared the crap out of us. Also put a crack in my front porch. The windows were shaking, my bed was shaking, the t.v. on my dresser was shaking...it only lasted about 30-40 seconds...but I have never expierienced anything like that in my life.


We felt it: earthquake rocks Central Indiana

Posted: April 18, 2008 06:00 AM EDT

Updated: April 18, 2008 09:01 AM EDT

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The quake was centered near West Salem



INDIANAPOLIS (WISH/AP) -- The U.S. Geologic Survey reports that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 has struck the Midwest. It happened at 5:36 a.m.

The USGS Web site said the quake was centered near West Salem, Illinois, or about 40 miles northwest of Evansville, Indiana.

A Vincennes University spokesman says 250 students were evacuated when fire alarms sounded, apparently due to the earthquake.

The earthquake was felt as far north as Kokomo, Rochester and Warsaw in Indiana, as well as in Evansville, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. It shook tall buildings in downtown Indianapolis.

"I was in the shower and my first thought was that it felt like a dinosaur running down the hallway. My husband didn't notice anything. Everything seems to be fine so far," said Susan from St. Paul, Indiana.

"I was awake when I started feeling the house shake. My husband was leaving for work and said he felt it too. We do not have any damage that I have found, but we do live in Brown County at Sweetwater Lake, and we have many trees that I will have to check," said Shannon on the 24-Hour News 8 comment forums.

"Very exciting! It woke us up! You could hear rumbling outside and the mirror attached to the dresser shake. No damage at this point," said a Fishers resident.

"I felt it too. At first I thought it was wind, but thought how does a house shake that long without falling down? It seemed to last at least a minute. I though I was dreaming. My cat had waken me up about 20 minutes before it happened meowing weirdly and is still freaking out. A few things fell off shelves but we all are okay. Good to know I am not crazy, the house really did move," said Amanda Smith from Illinois.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, but 24-Hour News 8 has received phone calls reporting some damage. Residents in Princeton, Indiana have reported damage inside their homes. 911 services were reportedly knocked out for an hour and were restored around 6:45 a.m. in Gibson County.

"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."

"I live in Greenwood, south side of Indianapolis, and had gotten up to go to the restroom. I was extremely tired and thought I felt the 'floor' move and heard rattling. It happened so quickly I assumed that I was just still half asleep and 'dreaming' it. Of course, after waking up at 7 a.m. and hearing of the earthquake on the news, I was happy to know I wasn't really losing my mind," said Tina.

The quake shook skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop, 240 miles north of the epicenter, and even in Milwaukee, Wis., 350 miles north of the epicenter. Residents of Cincinnati, St. Louis and in Michigan also reported feeling the earth shake.

The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region that covers parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas and stretches from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Todd Ringle says there are also no immediate reports of damage. Ringle says he was shaken out of his bed in the Evansville area by the earthquake.

The Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake happened 102 years ago today at 5:12 a.m.


Did any of you guys within my neck of the woods feel it?

Dixiechick...out!