The epicenter was about 350-400 miles away, in West Salem, IL, but waves were felt as far north as Peshtigo, WI, which is probably 1-1/2-2 hours away from here. It happened about 4:35am, according to the news we were listening to, this morning. Everyone slept through it, here. Although, I'm betting the dog noticed something weird.

It was a 5.4 quake.

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By Karen~admin on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:33 am:

WOW!

By Kateg on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 09:05 am:

They are reporting on the news in Springfield, Missouri that people felt it as far as the areas around Springfield, Missouri.

By Tayjar on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 09:33 am:

The people I work with all felt it but I sleep like the dead so I didn't feel anything. We are in Central Illinois.

By Tayjar on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 12:03 pm:

We had a 4.5 aftershock around 10:20. I'm on the 11th floor of my building. I felt that one.

By Wandilu on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 03:59 pm:

Some people here in TN said they felt it too.

By Reds9298 on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 04:15 pm:

I felt it in central Indiana around 5am-ish this morning. The monitor in Nat's room starting rattling uncontrollably and I could hear it in my room and it woke me up. I couldn't figure out what in the world it was! I got up to see if she was up and moving around in there and making the floor shake, even though I knew I couldn't hear her. Then I heard a really loud whoosh, almost lik ea gust of wind, and the whole house creaked and shuddered in one swoop. Then the rattling monitor slowly stopped. It was weird!

By Mom2three1968 on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 05:01 pm:

I felt it around 4:27 in the morning, at first I thought it was a tornado, the bed was shaking, the windows were rattling, but dh knew right away what it was. Both kids were in our room in a matter of minutes, ds sleeps in a loft bed, he fell off the ladder and landed on his back because he lost his footing, after we thought it was over I went in to use the bathroom and the toliet was shaking!

By Hammockhugger01 on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 09:17 pm:

I was in school in Fort Wayne Indiana and we felt an aftershock around 11ish this morning. Weird, but not the only earthquake in Indiana. My dh and I both remember one from when we were young that rocked NE Indiana.

By Ginab on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 11:40 pm:

I live about 20 miles from West Salem and it shook our house for what seemed like forever and freaked out the cat. I also work in a town that is only about 5 miles from West Salem. The quake or after shock that occured after 10:00 this morning was a good one! It sure rattled the building! We have been looking at all the articles about "THE BIG ONE" we are overdue for...makes you think!