Oh, I thought you had to be on or near a fault line to experience an earthquake. We were four miles from the epicenter, and I think it was a 2 something.

Thanks for posting those sites Erin, I'll look at them. Our DS and DIL live near LA, so they're used to quakes. He knew about this before we called because they have a website that notifies them of an earthquake anywhere in the world, and ours showed up on it!

I really think once in a lifetime is quite enough for me to experience something like this. Even though nothing was damaged, no objects moved or toppled over in the house, and Montana was awake but unconcerned--just curious when we got up and started walking around the house in the middle of the night, it was still scary.

Things when through my mind when it happened, like maybe a car hit our house, or the fridge somehow fell over, or the hot water heater fell through the floor.

You can feel an earthquake anywhere on the planet. (except for when you're flying in an airplane)

I'm not so worried about a big earthquake happening here in Nebraska, even tho I've felt the little ones occasionally. I'm more worried about the super-volcano in Yellowstone National Park. If the super-volcano in Yellowstone decides to blow it's top, it'll put a nice big hole in the middle of the country. Omaha will probably get scraped off the map by the blast.

The Yellowstone volcano usually pops off about once every 600 thousand years. It's been 600 and forty thousand years since the last eruption. It's overdue.

I want to take a trip to Yellowstone someday. It's too expensive of a trip for me tho.

Let me get mah gun maw...i be right thar. Venison is good eating!

That would be great, Dej, but they have a law here that says you can't shoot any type of weapon or anything within the city limits. So, the deer are taking over. No garden is safe unless you have it surrounded by a 15' fence with razor wire on top!

[quote=braingonebad;511315]We had a little one years ago. I felt something, but didn't realize that's what it was until I heard it on the news. Like everyone else, I thought it was just blasting at the quarry.

Personally, in that area, you ought worry more about the blasting. [/quote

I bet it's the same one I remember 'cause we had one in Toledo years ago and nearly scared the puddin' outta me!

I thought it was the duPont plant exploding because of the chemicals!! DH was on the way home so I knew he was safe but I was worried about the others at work.

Thank goodness it was just a lil ole earthquake...wait...earthquake!!
YIKES!!!

I was in college going places during our break and a friend and me went to San Francisco, A 5.4 on the Ricter scale hit, we both drove behind a bed. Trying to be cool (we were like 19), called the front desk, got a hysterical clerk who yelled "get in the street". Then it was over. 32 years later we still talk about it sometimes.

I've lived in Utah for around 35 years -- we're still waiting for The BIG One!!!

DH and I were on the couch in the basement when we had an earthquake. I immediately stood up to go upstairs to balance the load in the washer! DUH!

About 3 years ago (before MS diagnosis) I would wake up of a morning and feel subtle movement of the bed and think it was a minor temblor. Later I decided it was just ME. Is it hot in here?

So......does this mean that a larger earthquake near the fault line is eminent? Where is the fault line, anyway? Seems like the smaller earthquakes are spaced out all over the U.S.

Here's a link from the US Geological Survey. Quake info. by state:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/

Niko

This is the second time in recorded history of earthquakes in this area. The last one was last October.

Lots of specualtion about all the recent oil drilling in the area causing the change.