4.5 aftershock in Illinois just a few minutes ago

[Oak2004]

My cool Firefox addon just let me know there was a magnitude 4.5 earthquake centered in the same area as the one they had the other day (thanks to whoever it was who posted the link to the addon here the other day... sorry I don't remember who). Anyone feel it?

(I come from Illinois and have long been a geology/paleontology buff (having cut my teeth as an amateur collecting these as a kid ) not to mention a big fan of earthquakes and other natural phenomena that are big enough to show the power of nature, but too small to do harm to life).

[Bobbie47]

1. I felt it here in

SW Illinois it wasn't as bad as the first one.

[bushmeister0]

2. When the Mississippi starts running in the opposite direction, then worry.

[Bobbie47]

3. Don't say that

I'm not to far from the Mississippi River and I think of that every spring when the rain comes.

[orleans]

4. burb outside of chicago and didn't feel a thing. apparently i slept

through the one on friday morning.

"Another temblor has rocked the Southern Illinois region, centered in the same location as two moderate earthquakes Friday.

"The U.S. Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 4.5 quake occurred five miles northwest of Mount Carmel at 12:38 a.m. Monday at a depth of 6.2 miles deep. The event is apparently centered in the Wabash Valley fault zone, a northern section of the New Madrid fault line, which runs under all of Southern Illinois.

"Monday's quake is the third significant shake in the area since 4:37 a.m. Friday, when a 5.2 magnitude quake was felt through much of the Midwest. A second 4.6 magnitude quake was felt at 10:14 a.m. Friday. The USGS reported no significant activity either Saturday or Sunday.
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/04/21/breaking_news/doc480c30f043f35696552381.txt

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-95.-85.php

[and-justice-for-all]

5. Im in vermillion County Indiana and I did not feel anything...nt

[Sherman A1]

6. St. Louis, MO here

Felt nothing, but I felt nothing on the ones the other day as I was driving to work on the first one and at work for the second. My wife said that she felt both. The first one in bed and the second in her building at work.

[Solly Mack]

7. Oh, did gas go up again?

yeah...yeah...boo hiss