Well THAT was interesting.....

[Epistaxis]

Earthquake hits nearby!

I felt it because I heard my little guy wake up a couple minutes before.

Felt like someone dropped a snowplow outside the house or maybe a big explosion.

As a lifelong Midwesterner, these are very rare.

Last one I remember was in Middle School.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35326718/ns/us_news-life/

[Sultan33g]

it seems as if the earth is pissed off these last few months

[Jase]

It must be really pissed about Copenhagen, right Danny Glover?

[Sultan33g]

global warming ftw

[Scrumtrilescent]

That was one big fart, hombre.

[Happy Panther]

were you all like Whoaaaa!!!!!???

[Epistaxis]

My wife's response was "WTF we don't get earthquakes".

The earthquake thought didn't even cross my mind.

She was right, as usual.

[Jangler]

Yeah here in Winston about 5 years ago, we had 4 or 5 days of little trimmers. That is about how they sounded, like an explosion. The first one was at 4am and I thought a truck had gone by and was wondering why the hell a truck is traveling through the neighborhood at that time in the morning. Just those little ones at about 2.3 something like that, all I could wonder is how do people live in California with that threat over their heads all the time?? And so much stronger....I wouldn't be able to handle it.

[STIFFPAWED]

Yeah here in Winston about 5 years ago, we had 4 or 5 days of little trimmers. That is about how they sounded, like an explosion. The first one was at 4am and I thought a truck had gone by and was wondering why the hell a truck is traveling through the neighborhood at that time in the morning. Just those little ones at about 2.3 something like that, all I could wonder is how do people live in California with that threat over their heads all the time?? And so much stronger....I wouldn't be able to handle it.

I remember that. There is a small fault line that runs through the piedmont. I think it comes down through the Blue Ridge mountains.

[tarheelblue89]

Huh, I didn't feel anything. Extremely disappointed now.

[Squirrel]

Yeah here in Winston about 5 years ago, we had 4 or 5 days of little trimmers. That is about how they sounded, like an explosion. The first one was at 4am and I thought a truck had gone by and was wondering why the hell a truck is traveling through the neighborhood at that time in the morning. Just those little ones at about 2.3 something like that, all I could wonder is how do people live in California with that threat over their heads all the time?? And so much stronger....I wouldn't be able to handle it.

I remember them some where so small that if you didnt know what a earthquake was you wouldnt have known it. Alaska has some weird ones. One I heard coming before it hit and knew which way it was coming.

here is a site to check them. Epi get ready for some aftershocks.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

[LiQuiD]

Huh, I didn't feel anything. Extremely disappointed now.

That's what she said!

[dimbee]

We should seek the counsel of Pat Robertson, methinks.

[SorthNarolina]

Yeah here in Winston about 5 years ago, we had 4 or 5 days of little trimmers. That is about how they sounded, like an explosion. The first one was at 4am and I thought a truck had gone by and was wondering why the hell a truck is traveling through the neighborhood at that time in the morning. Just those little ones at about 2.3 something like that, all I could wonder is how do people live in California with that threat over their heads all the time?? And so much stronger....I wouldn't be able to handle it.

I thought you can only feel 4.0 and above but I don't know for sure.