KALAMAZOO — Tremors shook Kalamazoo and surrounding areas this morning as a result of an earthquake in Illinois that could be felt from Detroit to Cincinnati to Des Moines, Iowa.The earthquake’s 5.2 magnitude shook people awake this morning at 5:37 a.m. and had several calling their local police agencies to find out what was happening.The […]
We asked you to tell us where you were and what you felt when the earthquake hit. Here are your responses.I was sleeping in my bed in our Gold Coast home and awoke to hear clacking of my dresser drawer handles. I also felt as though I was on a boat!!! –Greta HuizengaI was sitting […]
Frankfort, Ky. — Early this morning the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM) activated the State Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort in response to the earthquake that woke Kentuckians throughout the state.There have been no injuries reported and only minor damages reported. A building in downtown Louisville suffered minor damage to a brick facade and […]
A Southern Illinois geologist says there could be some minor aftershocks following Friday’s early morning earthquake.Nicholas Pinter of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, said Friday afternoon that the area where quake was centered, near West Salem in the Wabash Seismic zone is a spot of “historical earthquake activity.”“This is the largest in several decades but, geologically, […]
By KAREN CAMPBELLSeveral residents from around Auglaize County woke to feel the aftershocks of a 5.4-magnitude earthquake this morning.“We had a number of calls of windows rattling, houses and beds shaking, and alarms going off,” Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Troy Anderson said this morning.He said after-effects of the quake, which lasted between 20 seconds […]
The quake was centered 6 miles of West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant cities as Chicago, Cincinnati and Milwaukee, 350 miles north of the epicenter, but there were no reports of injuries or significant damage.The quake shook skyscrapers in Chicago’s Loop, 240 miles north of the […]
I was in bed and had my alarm set for 4:45. I woke up to my bed shaking back and forth. My immediate response was to look outside to see if there was a tornado and there was nothing and I quickly jumped out of bed and realized things were still shaking. I even felt […]