Wait, what?

[soc_puppet]

Holy fuck, seriously?! I mean, I know we've got the mid-continental gravity anomaly right next door, but. SERIOUSLY? Also, people who know stuff about earthquakes, how long do aftershocks go and at what range? Also, how, mmm, regular is the shaking in an earthquake? Because my couch was shaking strangely for about thirty seconds between ten and eleven this morning, and I know I didn't imagine it, except I was sure it couldn't be even a minor tremor because of location, but there were no exploding sounds at the time and it did feel like it started from the foundation of the house rather than, say, the sides, and we are actually closer to Illinois than Des Moines is and they ended up feeling it, so... *is probably wrong, but... still* o.O Dammit world! Weren't the tornadoes enough?!

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[asrimal.livejournal.com]

It is not without precedent that regions without recent earthquake activity have a sudden earthquake.

[soc_puppet]

Still! I mean, I know I heard at one point that earthquakes weren't unheard of in the Midwest (and then forgot until just now), but I never actually expected to sleep through one! *flails slightly*

[asrimal.livejournal.com]

I've slept through a tornado?

[soc_puppet]

What, going right over your house, or just through your general area? On the other hand, the only tornado I've ever been under probably sounded close enough to thunder for me to sleep through it if I hadn't been awake and in a store at the time...

[asrimal.livejournal.com]

General area.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, that happened in the UK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7266245.stm) in February. My sister called me at 1 AM to ask if I had felt the tremor. She's in Lincoln, near the epicentre, whereas I'm in Aberdeen, Scotland. The tremor was felt as far north as Edinburgh, Scotland. 8D;;;

Only one casualty, some unfortunate student who had an unstable chimney in his room. Broken hip if I recall correctly.

Aftershocks are always weaker and go from the first strong one to weaker and weaker if I recall correctly. I can't recall frequency, it depends on the depth of the epicentre I think.
I think there are also frequent earthquakes in places that nobody notices because they are just too weak?

*huggles*

[dreamingcanyon.livejournal.com]

Aftershocks: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/maftershock.html

Earthquakes can shake in different ways. I've experienced earthquakes that go up and down, some that go sideways, some that feel more like rippling in the ground, accelerating in ground movement or steadily shaking throughout, and at different speeds.

[soc_puppet]

Huh; nifty.

DD: Poor student!

Makes sense.

*snugs*

[soc_puppet]

Ooo, researchable stuff. This obviously means I'll have to include an earthquake in a story at some point in time.

Earthquakes: the new snowflakes?