Iowa earthquake

[senorpepr]

Around 7:15am we had an earthquake in southwestern Iowa. A few at work here in Omaha felt it during the shift change briefing...

AUBURN, Neb. -- Ann Kouba, of Auburn, thought one of her two kids had fallen out of bed about 7:15 a.m. Friday but they were OK.

Then, she said, the low thump was followed by her table moving slightly.

"The whole house started moving just like some giant was jumping up and down. It was long, probably 10 or 15 seconds," Kouba said.

The Nemaha County sheriff's office said it had reports from Auburn, Brownville and Nemaha. The reports indicated a rumbling but not damage or injuries.

A caller from Hamburg, Iowa, told KETV NewsWatch 7 that his whole house shook and other residents are reporting similar stories.

KMA Radio in Shenandoah has heard from about 40 listeners on reports of feeling an earthquake this morning.

So far, it appears folks as far North as Auburn and has far south to Tarkio, Mo., felt it.

http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/3536998/detail.html

[senorpepr]

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Magnitude     3.3
Friday, July 16, 2004 at 12:17:30 (UTC)
Location    40.631°N, 95.557°W
Depth    5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program

6 km (4 miles) S (171°) from Riverton, IA
9 km (5 miles) ENE (71°) from Hamburg, IA
12 km (7 miles) SSW (213°) from Farragut, IA
26 km (16 miles) E (101°) from Nebraska City, NE
80 km (50 miles) SSE (151°) from Omaha, NE
507 km (315 miles) WNW (298°) from St. Louis, MO



[GalvestonDuck]

There was also one last night, felt in MO, KY, IL.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... rthquake_2

Small Earthquake Shakes Mo., Ill., Ky.
Fri Jul 16, 4:01 AM ET

ST. LOUIS - A minor earthquake shook up parts of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky.

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 3.5, according to Bruce Presgrave, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

Presgrave said the quake was considered minor. There were no immediate reports of damage.

The quake occurred around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The epicenter was about 10 miles south of Cairo, Ill., in Mississippi County, Mo.

[Josephine96]

Sounds like there's been a "whole lot o' shakin goin on" in that part of the country lol..

Hope everyones' Ok.. I wonder if Jacki's all right since she's in Iowa and all that..

[senorpepr]

Sounds like there's been a "whole lot o' shakin goin on" in that part of the country lol..

Hope everyones' Ok.. I wonder if Jacki's all right since she's in Iowa and all that..

She didn't feel it, I can assure you. She's on the other side of the state. I barely felt it 50 mi away.