I missed the Earthquake!
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
September 19, 2017 7:48am CST
Seems like we just had one an hour ago about 20 miles away.
A 3.8 quake struck near Albion Illinois south of me at around 6:45 A.M. Central time.
I'm seeing some people from Olney saying they felt it, but I didn't notice anything over the stereo playing, and since I have a suspended turntable, it didn't make the needle skip or anything.
I believe there was one in the same area about a week ago...I missed it too.
I miss all the fun. 
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
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39 responses
@thislittlepennyearns (64532)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
19 Sep 17
Is it common for you guys to get earthquakes?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 17
Sort of...that area is part of the Wabash Fault zone, there have been 4 in the past year
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 17
@thislittlepennyearns Biggest around here was a 5.4 9 years ago
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@thislittlepennyearns (64532)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
19 Sep 17
@JolietJake I lived in Oregon for a long time and we had them but I don't think we had them that often . Have any if the ones there been big?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 17
I live close to a fault line so I know they happen in this area, I've lived here all my life pretty much.
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@m_audrey6788 (58470)
• Germany
19 Sep 17
Oh..I don`t like the sound of having earthquake 
especially when you`re living in a old building
especially when you`re living in a old building 4 people like this
@m_audrey6788 (58470)
• Germany
19 Sep 17
@thehousewife ..Hmmm.. I think so too but I got the chance to visit a customer living in an old building and I got so scared with the stairs because everytime I stepped in, I felt like it`s about to break
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@yukimori (10182)
• United States
19 Sep 17
It seems like they're really easy to miss... we had one here several years back that was about the same magnitude, and I didn't feel a thing.
There was one when I was a kid that I felt in Phoenix, though. It was in the middle of the night and the epicenter was somewhere in California. All I really remember is that the dog went nuts and I stood up and the ground was kind of gently rolling. Everyone else in the house thought I was imagining it until the morning news came on. 
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@yukimori (10182)
• United States
20 Sep 17
@JolietJake I was seeing that! We haven't had that many in AZ in the past year, but I was surprised by how many there are away from the major California/west coast fault lines. Then again, there have been quite a few stories recently about how much of an impact fracking is having on the quakes in places that historically haven't had to worry about those things...
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
20 Sep 17
Earthquakes are in the headlines nowadays. Have you heard about the 7.1 in Mexico a couple of hours ago?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 17
Yeah, saw that last week, bad thing.
It didn't seem to make much in the news up here, I think too much about the hurricanes was going on.
It didn't seem to make much in the news up here, I think too much about the hurricanes was going on.2 people like this
@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 17
Oh hell, you mean a new one, I just saw mention of it on facebook
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Sep 17
@jujunme I'm seeing reports of up to 216 now, horrible
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Sep 17
I have never experienced one before so I bet even a small one I would feel and it would scare me!
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
19 Sep 17
Really?? Wow..and one in LA too. Ruh oh. Yeah dont want to scratch the records.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
21 Sep 17
@JolietJake That looks entirely stable and sturdy JJ!!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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21 Sep 17
I hung it to isolate it from acoustical feedback caused by the subwoofer vibrations when I really crank it up, but you can stand here and jump up and down as hard as you want without any problems whatsoever.
Of course, a tornado knocking the house down would still make it skip. 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
19 Sep 17
There were a couple earthquakes in southern California this morning too. One of my friends is freaking out about it. We rarely feel them up here in northern California.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
19 Sep 17
When 3 point something magnitude of earthquake happened in our places, so many drama posted in facebook that said "its not because I didn't feel the earthquake means I have no feelings (of love) at all. We call it hugot.
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@BarBaraPrz (49928)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Sep 17
I remember the quake back in 2010 that centred in Quebec somewhere. It was about a 5. My friend and I were in Niagara Falls having lunch when it struck and she accused me of moving the table!
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@much2say (57647)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Sep 17
Apparently Los Angeles had a 3.6 last night, about 11:20pm . . . maybe about 15 miles from us. We were all asleep by then - didn't feel a thing. I only saw one friend post about in FB this morning - I'm thinking a lot of people still don't know about it because it's early morning. Those of us who have lived here all our lives kinda don't think about the "little" earthquakes to much - maybe we're used to it - it's the big ones that are a doozy!
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@Marilynda1225 (85097)
• United States
19 Sep 17
The thought of an earthquake scares the heck out of me 
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
No kidding I just recently got up so haven't heard. Wow.
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