Dude. We just had an earthquake.

[NitaX]

So, I'm laying in bed surfing the web for clothes (because that's what I do) when my wall started rattling. This is my actual stream of consciousness:

Damn. Is that the washing machine? No, maybe it's a really low flying plane at the base. NO
OMG IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From WREG.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If you felt a little shaking in the Mid-South Wednesday night, you weren’t alone.



The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 hit just before 11 p.m. Wednesday.



The quake was centered near Steele, MO in southern Pemiscot County, Missouri.



So far, there are no reports of any damage — but people from all across the area reported feeling the earthquake on social media.

[MrsAxilla]

Fucking fracking, man.

Also, that took me WAY too long to type because my phone refuses to recognize fucking and fracking.

[winecat]

Apr 1, 2015 23:47:03 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Fucking fracking, man.

Also, that took me WAY too long to type because my phone refuses to recognize fucking and fracking.

Tucking cracking is how my phone wants to spell "fucking fracking." 

[NitaX]

I wonder if it was the actual fault? The New Madrid runs along the TN/MO/ARK borders.

[shortcake2675]

Yep. USGS says it was in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10001t0p#general_summary

[pescalita]

Don't worry, that doesn't make you a rookie. When we had the last one, everyone thought the Google bus hit our building again.

[ringstrue]

Ack!

[allthatjazz]

I didn't notice it, but my DH did. He was sitting still and I was up walking around, so between that and feeling like crap today I'm not surprised that I didn't feel anything. lol

[iammalcolmx]

New Madrid Zone??? Oh shit.

[secretlyevil]

Whaaaa???

[cookiemdough]

That is crazy

[IIOY]

I loved our earthquake a few years back. I was sitting out back and suddenly the ground felt like Jello twice. Of course I can say this because AFAIK no one suffered harm, but it really was a cool sensation.

[NewOrleans]

There was one in the Chicago suburbs last week, too.

[secretlyevil]

My first though, phew Nitaw's ok. Second thought...is Graceland ok? Lol!

[tef]

Apr 2, 2015 6:18:06 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I loved our earthquake a few years back. I was sitting out back and suddenly the ground felt like Jello twice. Of course I can say this because AFAIK no one suffered harm, but it really was a cool sensation.

I was in a school with a raised breezeway that had just found a small crack. It was told there was no issue structurally.  Well, when that earthquake happened, the facilities guy thought it was going down and had us all run for our lives.  I did save my diet dr pepper.  After, it did make for a good story.

[IIOY]

Apr 2, 2015 6:36:12 GMT -5 tef said:

I did save my diet dr pepper.

You know this is a particular priority for me, right?

[eclaires]

The New Madrid always makes me think of how in the early 90s we had to have earthquake drills because of that guy's prediction we would have one in December (I think).

[orangeblossom]

Scary. Glad you're okay.

When the one in DC hit, I was at my desk, which is right below the cafeteria, and they were doing construction. I kept thinking, damn, I wish they'd stop all this rolling and stuff.

Then I saw the walls move, and was like "oh shit", what was that. Commence very one walking out to the hall like "was it?, "really"?, "let me grab my purse".

[tef]

Apr 2, 2015 6:39:14 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Apr 2, 2015 6:36:12 GMT -5 tef said:

I did save my diet dr pepper.

You know this is a particular priority for me, right?

Ha. Me too. I had set it down and apparently grabbed it before running.  The principal I was with still ribs me about it. Little does she know.

[anodyne]

Apr 2, 2015 6:40:43 GMT -5 eclaires said:

The New Madrid always makes me think of how in the early 90s we had to have earthquake drills because of that guy's prediction we would have one in December (I think).

Iben Browning, Dec 3 1990. God the media went crazy with that.  People were wearing whistles in case they were trapped in rubble.  

It always reminds me of this song.

[4speedy]

Here's a fact from a report DD wrote in 1st grade about Missouri: Did you know the strongest earthquake ever felt in the US occurred along the New Madrid fault? It happened in the 1800's (can't remember the exact year) and it was strong enough to make the Missippi River flow backwards.

[eclaires]

Apr 2, 2015 7:06:21 GMT -5 4speedy said:

Here's a fact from a report DD wrote in 1st grade about Missouri: Did you know the strongest earthquake ever felt in the US occurred along the New Madrid fault? It happened in the 1800's (can't remember the exact year) and it was strong enough to make the Missippi River flow backwards.

It was felt all over the East Coast, too, I think. It was like 1811?

[josieposy]

I cannot handle the idea of an earthquake.

[AJL]

I had a dream last night that we were having an earthquake.

[Velar Fricative]

Scary!

I learned from the Californians here after our earthquake a few years ago (might be the same one IIOY is referencing?) that apparently, running around your apartment with arms flailing as the building is shaking is NOT the recommended safety procedure during an earthquake. Who'd have thunk it? So, just for your future reference as well.

[ttt]

Apr 2, 2015 6:43:21 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Scary. Glad you're okay.

When the one in DC hit, I was at my desk, which is right below the cafeteria, and they were doing construction. I kept thinking, damn, I wish they'd stop all this rolling and stuff.

Then I saw the walls move, and was like "oh shit", what was that. Commence very one walking out to the hall like "was it?, "really"?, "let me grab my purse".

I was going through security at Dulles when that happened. We were all looking around like "was that an explosion??? Did a plane hit a building???" It was kind of hilarious to see all the TSA people be like "uhhhhh...wellll....okay, come on through, remove your shoes and your laptops..." 

[aurora]

Apr 2, 2015 7:06:21 GMT -5 4speedy said:

Here's a fact from a report DD wrote in 1st grade about Missouri: Did you know the strongest earthquake ever felt in the US occurred along the New Madrid fault? It happened in the 1800's (can't remember the exact year) and it was strong enough to make the Missippi River flow backwards.

Does she mean the strongest in the contiguous US? The strongest in the US was the magnitude 9.2 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska in 1964. I think it ranks in the top 10 (maybe top 5) worldwide.

[FloFTW]

It is always SO WEIRD when it happens somewhere "random" like that.

We had an earthquake a few years ago right in the middle of the work day and it seriously took the whole office 10 minutes to figure out that it was not just a large truck going by.

[pescalita]

Apr 2, 2015 6:36:12 GMT -5 tef said:

Apr 2, 2015 6:18:06 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I loved our earthquake a few years back. I was sitting out back and suddenly the ground felt like Jello twice. Of course I can say this because AFAIK no one suffered harm, but it really was a cool sensation.

I was in a school with a raised breezeway that had just found a small crack. It was told there was no issue structurally.  Well, when that earthquake happened, the facilities guy thought it was going down and had us all run for our lives.  I did save my diet dr pepper.  After, it did make for a good story.

In Northridge '94, Carl ran past a hallway on his way outside and saw the hunter green carpet rolling like a carnival ride.

My favorite part about earthquakes is the stories. They're like way markers in a Californian life.

My favorites are a tie between the smell of all the booze that fell off the top of my fridge during college and the time I was sitting next to Carl and ran directly away from him and didn't hear him calling me to come with him.

[arterr0]

Apr 2, 2015 6:40:43 GMT -5 eclaires said:

The New Madrid always makes me think of how in the early 90s we had to have earthquake drills because of that guy's prediction we would have one in December (I think).

I grew up in western KY, pretty close to the fault. There was so much outcry from parents over the prediction that our county cancelled school for that day.