EARTHQUAKE FELT IN IOWA CITY

I was just reading the "cool" story at Iowa City Press-Citizen Online, concerning the earthquake in New Salem, Illinois, and that some people reported being able to feel it here in Iowa City. I did not get to feel it, and was kind of hoping for a redux, for all of us who missed it. ;)

At 4:37 a.m. today, Iowans across much of the state got a slight taste of the kind of natural disaster we don't get much of a taste of in these parts. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake.

Sure, it's not the Southern California variety, at least not the variety that makes most within shaking distance of the San Andreas Fault take much notice. But we're not used to the earth moving around here too much.


To add to the excitement, several aftershocks from the same fault have been recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey, including a 4.5 magnitude quake at 10:15 a.m., that some in Iowa City felt.

There are several comments on this story, which indicates that a great many people did feel the earthquake and the after-shock!

Have A Great Friday!!

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