Earthquake reported on WGN

[buycitgo]

from some center in Golden Colorado

USGS said they have info, fifteen minutes ago, but they don't know where

callers from Palatine felt it

I'm in next town, felt nothing

anybody?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Yep. some others did

over in the lounge:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1330444

[tritsofme]

41. deleted

[Renew Deal]

2. How do you know what the USGS said?

I am on their site and see nothing for Colorado.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

[buycitgo]

5. it's near Chicago

WGN called USGS

check Illinois, or whatever

lasted about five seconds

newsguy called him mom, who felt it; said it was like a dryer offcenter

that was it

I felt one here when they had a shake at New Madrid in the early 70s

rattled the whole house for about a half minute

I thought it was a bigass freight train.... tracks were half mile away

[Susang]

6. I'm in the city - West side

We didn't feel a thing. Others have said they felt it north of the city and south of the city. Weird.

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. I "think" Kankakee is on a fault line.

Bourbonnais is just North of Kankakee. Maybe that's why we felt it here? VERY weird!

[ProfessorGAC]

48. People In Ottawa Reported Feeling It, Too!

We're just north of Bourbannais, and only 40 miles east of Ottawa, and i didn't feel anything. I was asleep, but the dog didn't wake up either. Like you said, Weird!
The Professor

[Athame]

31. I found it looking for California earthquakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/uskgad.htm
(edit to add text)
Magnitude 4.5 - ILLINOIS
2004 June 28 06:10:51 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A light earthquake occurred at 06:10:51 (UTC) on Monday, June 28, 2004. The magnitude 4.5 event has been located in ILLINOIS. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)



Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time Monday, June 28, 2004 at 06:10:51 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, June 28, 2004 at 1:10:51 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 41.436°N, 88.952°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region ILLINOIS
Distances 11 km (7 miles) ESE (107°) from Troy Grove, IL
11 km (7 miles) NNE (25°) from North Utica, IL
13 km (8 miles) NNW (332°) from Naplate, IL
65 km (40 miles) WSW (237°) from Aurora, IL
115 km (71 miles) WSW (247°) from Chicago, IL

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8 km (5.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 26, Nph= 26, Dmin=196 km, Rmss=1.2 sec, Gp=108°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (MLg), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID uskgad



my daughter (and many friends) are in Southern California and we have been waiting for the big one in June :scared:

[buycitgo]

34. jesus.....seven miles from Utica, IL

wasn't that hit very hard by tornadoes a month or less ago

poor people

they probably thought it was another twister

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. I FELT it!

and our dog started barking like cazy! Scared the crap out of me. I'm in Bourbonnais about 60 miles South of Chicago.

[Dookus]

4. strange

I've been monitoring the USGS site, and still nothing. They usually get a preliminary report up in less than 5 minutes.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. I've never felt a tremor before!

It woke our dog up and made my heart skip a few beats! It was very short...3-4 seconds maybe?

[Dookus]

8. well

I live in the Bay Area of California - we rely on quakes to stir our coffee.

Best of luck - still not sure it was a quake though. The USGS still doesn't have anything. Could there have been an explosion or something?

[hang a left]

12. Or maybe a meteor?

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. Well, Palatine is waaaay North of us.

And people North of Chicago felt it too. I'm 60 miles South of Chicago. I suppose it could have been a VERY HUGE explosion, but that would have been reported on the news. I don't think I would have felt an explosion if it happened 60 miles North of here.

[Susang]

13. Both my cat & dog are still sleeping peacefully

Obviously, they are not doing their jobs properly! ;-)

Seriously though, we felt nothing here. We're at about 2500 West & 1000 North in Humboldt Park. Its actually more quiet than usual tonight.

[Donkeyboy75]

14. I could throw a rock and hit you.

My dog's asleep here too. :hi:

[SoCalDem]

22. Please don't throw rocks...

You could put an eye out :)

[Susang]

29. Not necessarily a safe thing to do around my house

That kind of behavior can get you hurt around here. I'm on the wrong side of Western Ave, dontcha know! Earthquakes are the least of my nightly worries. ;-)

Hey, how come you haven't been at any of the Chicago DU gatherings? We're not that scary, I swear! Though, we are due for another one pretty soon, and judging from the latest Chicago related threads, it better be well attended!

[Donkeyboy75]

52. I was out of town for the last one...

and wasn't really in full swing at DU before the others.

I'm in Wicker Park, but we did look on the other side of Western a few years ago. I know what you're talking about :)

[Donkeyboy75]

9. I'm smack dab in the city

and didn't feel shit. I feel left out :(

[SoCalDem]

11. Google...New Madrid...pour a stiff drink...shake in boots...

People do not think of the midwest as "earthquake country", but it WAS the site of one of the most devastating quakes ever... There a millions of people living in that area now..

Quakes aren't always in CA.:hug:

[Renew Deal]

17. I think that it was the most powerful US earthquake ever.

In like St. Louis.

[buycitgo]

26. it made the Mississippi run BACKWARD!

pretty sure it was the biggest in recorded US history

somebody wrote fairly interesting scifi book about a very large EQ centered around St. Louis a few years ago

pretty 'accurate', geologically speaking.....cool near-end-of-world-societal breakdown scenario

author created a giant waterfall in the Mississippi, among other things

huge nuclear spill at Paducah Ky, where they have something going on there

also a problem in Tennessee, where they have the huge reactor set up.....can't think of name

[Don_G]

51. The New Madrid Quake

Occurred around 1812 as I recall, collapsed part of the ground in the area and caused the Mississippi River to run backward for an hour or so to fill in the depression that's now Reelfoot Lake.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Yes indeed and

Illinois is one of the States at risk. :( :scared:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

16. It's cuz of the movie. eom

[shraby]

19. Here's the data

MAG DATE UTC-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km

4.5 2004/06/28 06:10:51 41.436 -88.952 5.0 11 km ( 7 mi) ESE of Troy Grove, IL

[Indiana_Dem]

18. I just logged on here to Du to see...

if anyone else felt a tremor. I'm in central Indiana and at about 1:15am my table and ceiling fan just started to shake. I was here on the internet at the table so I immediately reported it online to the earthquake center website.

:scared:

i wondered if anybody else felt anything anywhere. I knew I could count on DU mentioning it! Thanks! At least I know maybe it wasn't my imagination. We hardly ever get earthquakes around here.

[Indiana_Dem]

24. It just came online--Ottawa, Illinois

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/cus/index.html

Yikes! I knew I felt something!
That's at least 3 hours away from me.

[Don_G]

21. It's Confirmed

[buycitgo]

23. magnitude 4.5

near Ottawa

[Dookus]

25. congrats all!

A 4.5 *IS* a real quake! You can feel it, but it's unlikely to have done any damage. Greetings from California! Stay safe.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. Yeah, I felt it alright.

It scared the crap outta me!

[buycitgo]

28. big ass EQs are not things I'd care to share.....

you KNOW a 4.5 would get this much notice out there, don't you?

cmon......admit it

[Dookus]

30. heheh

no, it wouldn't.

A 4.5 is definitely something to feel, but it's not really noteworthy out here.

[buycitgo]

33. so it wouldn't be reported? whaaaaaa?

4.5 would be worth a mention on the news, surely?

wouldn't a brisk 5 second shake get you wondering what was next?

or would you just go about your business

I grant, when I felt that one in 72 or so, I didn't know it was an EQ, but nobody'd heard about New Madrid then, either, really

in the times since, it's become fairly widely known around here

that quake in 1811 or 12 rang churchbells in Charleston, South Carolina, IIRC

[Dookus]

35. oh, they'd mention it

don't get me wrong. But it wouldn't have people gathering in the streets to discuss it, and it wouldn't be the lead story in the paper.

[buycitgo]

36. how bout virtual streets?

that might be diff

pardon me, that virtual turnip truck is pulling away....gotta run

[Dookus]

39. no offense intended...

I promise that if we have a blizzard here, it'll be a really big story.

[Jaybird]

32. i sure as hell felt it........

i was sitting here at the computer when my windows started shaking (i live in an old house).......it scared the shit out of me...at first i thought maybe it was thunder, but i didnt here anything. i live right on the wisconsin/illinois border(beloit. wi)......weird

[LTR]

37. Felt in Milwaukee

She woke me up panicking about it.

Knocked some stuff off bookshelves.

[buycitgo]

38. cool! my brother lives in Elm Grove.......have to axe him about it

he was in California when the Northridge quake happened......up on the 24th floor of some building

said it was by FAR the scaredest he'd ever been

[LTR]

40. Felt the '83 quake in Coalinga

Hanging lights were swaying up in the Bay Area.

I felt a ton of quakes in Cali, so I guess it never really registered with me.

I live near Elm Grove. If he's a heavy sleeper, he may not have noticed it.

[RetroLounge]

50. I'm in Wauwatosa, and did not feel anything

but I was sleeping soundly.

My friend was awake in Waukesha and said he felt it. Scared the crap out of his cats.

RL

[LTR]

42. Link to WGN radio

Good thing somebody's there at night.

http://wgnradio.com/listen/index.htm

[tritsofme]

43. Felt nothing in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago...

nt

[Mechatanketra]

44. Son of a BEE-yatch!

I'm in Lasalle County, IL ... and I swear, when it first hit, I had a moment where I wondered if a bomb had gone off and God laughing at me the 'terra alert' debunker. OK, yeah, so it's silly and panicky, but durnit, this is Chicagoland, not California -- what do I know from earthquakes? :-)

Anyhoo, I felt it. LITERALLY shook the walls of my house -- like a thunder roll that just kept going and going and going. Lucky it didn't knock anything off the walls.

Hate to think what it'd be like at ground zero.

[Fed Up]

45. didn't feel, but s/t on desk started shaking lightly. 100 m south

I was sitting at my desk, and one of those empty plastic cylinders that film comes in, started to vibrate. I immediately looked at my watch, it was 10 min. after the hour. Yes, I did think earthquake, absolutely. However, I felt absolutely no shaking in the house.
Wouldn't have thought anything without that vibration.

Weird!

[newyawker99]

47. Hi Mike J!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[MetaTrope]

46. Underground blasting for Cheney's continent-spanning spider hole

continues on schedule. :evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

49. Nono, it was Cheney passing gas from his undislcosed underground bunker

[lil-petunia]

53. i live 60 miles away

and was woken up by my dogs, who almost tried to get into bed.
Considering that they are 90 and 95 lbs, respectively, there ain't no room after me and my honey.

they were wimpering at that time.


Hmmmmmm.