Did you feel the shake early this morning? Well, I didn’t. I’m actually a light-sleeper and always have been sensitive with earthquakes. But I don’t know what’s with me that I didn’t feel the strong earthquake and was probably having a good time in the Dreamland.
I just learned about the seism when I reached the office and everyone was talking about it. Here’s an excerpt of the news from Wall Street Journal:
WEST SALEM, Illinois -- An earthquake Illinois early Friday, and it appeared to rival the strongest temblor ever recorded in
| Associated Press |
| Rubble from earthquake damage to a building lied strewn along a sidewalk in an old section of |
The quake jolted residents in several nearby states as well, but no injuries or significant property damage were immediately reported.
The quake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, hit just before 4:37 a.m. local time (1037 GMT) and was centered six miles from
"It shook our house where it woke me up," said David Behm of
The jolts were felt in a region that included parts of the states of
Its Web site said earthquakes seldom occur in the area, and that the largest recorded earthquake in the region -- also a magnitude 5.4 -- caused damage in southern
Friday's quake shook buildings in central Chicago and the cities of Indianapolis, Indiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; and St. Louis,
You can read the news here: Wall Street-Earthquake in Illinois
And now, just few minutes ago…I suddenly was held back with what I just felt. My desk was shaking and when I looked on my left, I saw my Oreo box, Tissue box, TicTac, and bottle of lotion (yes, they are neatly piled on top of my desk), all shaking! What the hell?!?!
I then shouted to my colleague, trying to confirm if I just felt an aftershock. Then she also felt the same! Then suddenly, a phone rang…it was my colleague’s wife, reporting that she just felt an aftershock, too! We are here in
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