>>There was an earthquake at 4:37am CDT this morning in southern Illinois, magnitude 5.2; it's epicenter was near West Salem, Illinois (about 50 miles east of Evansville, Indiana).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_18%2C_2008_Midwest_Earthquake>>
>>It managed to get my attention in Chicago's south suburbs, about 250 miles north of the epicenter, and most reports seem to be from cities NW/north/NE of the quake. Anybody in Memphis feel it?
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>I didn't feel a thing, but was sleeping soundly. I asked my older daughter, who wakes up when a cricket hiccups in the back yard, and she didn't feel anything, either.
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>Maybe we should move to California or someplace to get away from the quakes ;-)
Although I have lived in the western US all my adult life, the only earthquake I've ever experienced was when I was in junior high school in Rantoul, IL. Go figure!