That's right! At 4:37 am Mike and I woke up to our whole house shaking! We both woke up like "What the heck is going on!!". I think we both realized at the same time that we were experiencing an earthquake. Now-tornado's we can handle, we've got those down pat, but we both hopped up and just looked at each other like "Now what!!". Luckily, it only lasted about 20 sec. and the area that it centered didn't receive much damage and no one was hurt, thank goodness!!!! Well, here are some clips from the news this morning...WEST SALEM, Ill. (AP) -- A 5.2 earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people awake as far away as Milwaukee early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful Midwest temblor. It was felt in such distant cities as Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa, St. Louis
WEST SALEM, Ill — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake centered in southern Illinois rocked people awake across the Midwest early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful temblor. The quake — one of the strongest ever recorded in Illinois — occurred just before 4:37 a.m. and was centered six miles southeast of West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles west of Evansville, Ind.
Here are some pictures from what the earthquake did. This was in Louisville,KY. (about 2 1/2 hours from us)
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It was my first earthquake, too! I woke up and couldn't figure out why the bed was rocking and then thought it was an earthquake but went right back to sleep. Pretty darn funny.
i slept through it! john didn't though, it woke him up. have you felt any of the aftershocks yet? there was one at like ten thirty! isn't this exciting? i know i know, but still, so different from the regular tornados, you know?
I thought it was a tornado at first because the windows (on our second story bedrooms) were rattling like crazy. Erik was the first one to realize it was an earthquake. Well, at least I can now say I know what an earthquake feels like!
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