I live in Toledo, Ohio. We just had a 4.0 earthquake. W.T.F.

[Holly_Hobby]

The epicenter was in Galesburg, Michigan, near Kalamazoo. Where can I find out where there's fracking?

[marym625]

1. uh oh!

I felt it here in Chicago

Interesting thread you might want to read.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/112784684

[Holly_Hobby]

2. Thanks! n/t

[marym625]

3. Just too weird

Tuesday I posted about waiting for the Chicago quake. Then at 11:07am today, I posted about the Mississippi quake

I felt it just a few minutes later and thought I must be imagining it

[Holly_Hobby]

7. I felt it, our entire house shook

We were watching hockey. I sent an email to a local ABC station, they confirmed it with the USGS, 4.0 at 12:43pm.

We had one in the late 80's, another shaking house while napping on the couch.

[marym625]

8. I remember that one too

Here, today, my apartment shook. I live right next to the brown line. I mean right next to. And a half a block from that us the metra. This was much much more than a train going by. Place doesn't actually shake from that.

The one here I remember the most was in the 70s. It was during the night. Everyone in the house woke up except my brother. He slept right through it even though his bed moved about 2 feet.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. I didn't feel it in CHI

Dang.

[marym625]

5. It was small

But I felt it. No doubt. I'm on the north side. Lansing Michigan isn't that far

[alcibiades_mystery]

40. North side here, too

I was in my basement office. Probably woulda ran like hell!

[calimary]

42. Yeah no shit! Got family in Toledo and lower Michigan.

Yikes. They thought they'd have to come to California to experience any earthquakes.

[marym625]

43. Now they don't have to

Thanks to fracking!

At least there was no damage or people hurt.

[jwirr]

6. There is another post on this quake that has a fracking map on it.

[marym625]

9. You have a link?

[etherealtruth]

11. courtesy of ARt from Ark

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6608428

On edit: changed Art from Arkansas to Art fro ARK ... just making sure the person that posted this gets all the credit for it

[marym625]

14. Thank you!

[jwirr]

15. That is the one. Thank you. I read it and went on before I saw this post.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. We felt it in Detroit ...

... but only because we were sitting still at the time. It was just a small shaking this far from the quake center.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. just like lots angeles. do people in the Midwest freak out at earthquakes?

[etherealtruth]

13. Not really, but we don't have the history of destruction assoc with earthquakes

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. that is good

[marym625]

16. It's just a novelty

Obviously talking about a tiny thing like this one. 3 times in my life have I felt a quake here. So it's just a, cool! A little quake. Hopefully, we won't ever have a big one

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. ok. I experienced the Northridge quake. so I now have an idea what

The big one will be like.

[marym625]

19. Yeah, that was huge

I wasn't there but my nephew or niece had just been born. My mom was on her way out there, in flight, when it hit. My brother lived north of the 5 in or around Lancaster. We tried to get my mom to come back from her connection in Dallas but she just said, "they have earthquakes all the time" and hung up. My brother finally got through to us and said, "the yellow mom not to come. " Too late!

He had to have someone pick my mom up and take her to a hotel. She flew back the next day. There was no way to get to my brother's house.

I just remembered another earthquake in Chicago that was the biggest I personally ever felt, including in California. I was sleeping on a couch in the basement and it sounded like a train was coming and that a truck hit the wall. I was half asleep thinking "how did a train run through the ground? "

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. Northridge felt like the building was being lifted off the foundation and slammed down

[marym625]

23. Where were you?

The one I felt in California was in the late 90s. It was an unusual earthquake because the plates moved horizontally, not vertically. Was a bizarre feeling of rolling

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. a few miles from Northridge

[marym625]

27. YIKES!

Scary!

[kwassa]

22. I experienced that one, too.

Threw me out of bed. Knocked down the local overpass on I-10, at Fairfax.

Here in the DC area we had a 5.6 a few years ago, which shocked everyone, and caused damage to the Washington Monument and National Cathedral.

[Skittles]

35. yes and with good reason

[MadrasT]

39. That one slays me

Every time.

Never gets old.

[Liberal_in_LA]

41. lol

[RiverLover]

20. Its most likely from a deep injection fracking waste disposal site. I could only find map from 2012

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/MICHIGAN_OIL_GAS_MAP_411600_7.pdf

[marym625]

24. Thank you, Lover.

I know you love more than rivers so I decided lover works

[RiverLover]

28. LOL!

Love that (too).

[marym625]

30. Good

Was afraid it might be too much, Lover.

[notadmblnd]

26. I was wondering that too

I live in Waterford Mi, but people about 4 miles south of me in West Bloomfield say they felt it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. The report we linked to

Has a few maps that might be of interest to you.

Remember to get under something solid next time.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/104010011

[gollygee]

31. upgraded to 4.2

http://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/possible-earthquake-felt-across-michigan

[sufrommich]

32. The record is 4.6 in 1942, not too far from today's

earthquake:

Largest Earthquake in Michigan


Damage was heaviest in the area southeast of Kalamazoo at Athens, Bronson, Coldwater, Colon, Matteson Lake, Sherwood, and Union City. Chimneys were damaged, windows and plaster were broken, and brick cornices were downed. Also felt in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada.


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1947_08_10.php

[notadmblnd]

33. I thought this was cute

[Exilednight]

34. What the FRAK!?!?

[AtomicKitten]

36. Holy fracking, Batman.

http://www.livescience.com/49326-fracking-caused-ohio-earthquakes.html

[DFW]

37. If you don't mind finding out AFTER the fact

You can often find out where there's fracking by searching for seismic
activity where the geology of the area indicates there should be none.

[LeftyMom]

38. Oh god, I'll have to call the family and ask if they're okay.

Since they do that whenever ANYTHING happens in California, even if it's hundreds upon hundreds of miles away.

My favorite was when the called to check on me after some mudslide in Malibu. That's something like seven hours away by car, so that would have to be some impressively swift mud.