Is this ironic or what? On the same day as people in the Midwest experienced a rare 5.4 earthquake (see links below for details), the lead story on the “This Day in History” RSS feed from History.com is about an earth -shaker that took place in 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake At 5:13 a.m., [...]
Great San Francisco Quake Anniversary Today
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · 5.4, 8.0, california, earthquake, great san francisco earthquake, Los Angeles, midwest earthquake, oregon, richter, richter scale, san andreas fault, San Francisco, this day in history
USGS Map Shows Epicenter in Olney, Illinois
April 18th, 2008 · 9 Comments
A U.S. Geological Survey map (below) shows the epicenter of the earthquake that awakened people as far away as St. Louis at approximately 4:40 a.m. this morning was located at or near Olney, Ill. UPDATE 4-18-08 7:27 a.m. Central: Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey have updated the information about the earthquake, estimating it measured [...]
Tags: · earthquake, Illinois, japan, new madrid fault, olney, richter scale, St. Louis, tremblor, u.s. geological survey, usgs
Midwest Earthquake Registers 5.4
April 18th, 2008 · 10 Comments
I was right. In my post earlier, I estimated the earthquake that awakened me this morning was at least a 3.5 to 4.0 on the Richter Scale. News accounts at 5 a.m. confirmed it, saying that a preliminary 5.4 measurement is being given to the tremblor that was centered approximately 120 miles east of St. [...]
Tags: · earthquake, richter scale, St. Louis, tremblor
Earthquake Wakes St. Louis-Area Blogger
April 18th, 2008 · 21 Comments
I lived in Japan for more than three years and know an earthquake when I feel it. At approximately 4.40 a.m. Central, this St. Louis-area blogger was awakened by an earthquake. My guess — and I haven’t seen any news reports about it yet — is that it was a 3.5 to 4.0 on the [...]
Tags: · earthquake, japan, new madrid fault, richter scale, St. Louis, tremblor
