Earthquake

[owejia]

Things still shaking and trembling over your way?

[Erik88]

Strongest quake to hit east TN since the 70's. I slept right through it. 

[peejman]

 I heard a thump (which woke me up) then a rumble, and the house shook gently for 15-20 seconds. I could hear stuff on the shelves wobbling. I only heard the 2nd one, don't recall feeling any motion. Thankfully I went back to sleep. 

[tercel89]

We live beside Ft. Campbell so we can never tell if it's earthquake or training. Tennessee was hit pretty hard back in the 1800's by one of the worst quakes in the US . People in Washington DC felt it I have read. I sure hate to think that thing will be active again.

[peejman]

I'd much prefer the stress be released through a series of small tremors instead of building up to "the big one". 

[bersaguy]

3 minutes ago, tercel89 said:

We live beside Ft. Campbell so we can never tell if it's earthquake or training. Tennessee was hit pretty hard back in the 1800's by one of the worst quakes in the US . People in Washington DC felt it I have read. I sure hate to think that thing will be active again.

That quake form Reel Foot lake in extreme west Tennessee.

[tercel89]

Just now, bersaguy said:

That quake form Reel Foot lake in extreme west Tennessee.

YEp that's what I was talking about.  That was a big dude I bet

[bersaguy]

1 minute ago, tercel89 said:

YEp that's what I was talking about.  That was a big dude I bet

And that Fault Line is still there so it can still happen at any time but research had shown the fault line has been quiet since the early 1900's

[Jamie Jackson]

I was awake and at my desk when it  rumbled through.  I could certainly feel it and watched a calendar sway back and forth for a good bit. 

I've lived here 12 years and felt tremors before but this was certainly the strongest. 

[bersaguy]

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I was just watching the news and they said ya'll had 2 quakes. 1st one was 3.3 which can be scary but I imagine the one most of ya'll felt was the 8.8 according the earthquake center.

Edited December 12, 2018 by bersaguy

[Quavodus]

It woke me and the wife up at 3:15. I woke up and said "what the he-- was that"? Then i said earthquake. And went back to sleep.

[Erik88]

29 minutes ago, bersaguy said:

I was just watching the news and they said ya'll had 2 quakes. 1st one was 3.3 which can be scary but I imagine the one most of ya'll felt was the 8.8 according the earthquake center.

I think you made a typo there Doug. If it was an 8.8 we'd be dealing with a catastrophic event. The first event was a 4.4 followed by a 3.3

Edited December 12, 2018 by Erik88

[GlockSpock]

Yeah...8.8.

[bersaguy]

13 minutes ago, Erik88 said:

I think you made a typo there Doug. If it was an 8.8 we'd be dealing with a catastrophic event. The first event was a 4.4 followed by a 3.3

I believe you Eric. I was going by what the Fake News here in Nashvile said. It was not a typo error. It was a fake new error...........

[GlockSpock]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

[xsubsailor]

Maybe it has something to do with all those new folks from out of state moving into the eastern end of the state. The state is starting to tip over like Guam 

[E4 No More]

21 minutes ago, xsubsailor said:

Maybe it has something to do with all those new folks from out of state moving into the eastern end of the state. The state is starting to tip over like Guam 

Naw, global warming!!

[Ronald_55]

1 hour ago, GlockSpock said:

Yeah...8.8.

Or this

[TripleGGG]

I'm with Erik I slept right through it. My wife said something woke her up about that time but wasn't sure what it was. She didn't feel anything and said she went right back to sleep. 

[Garufa]

I happened to be awake at the time and thought it might have been one of the black helicopters.

[TripleGGG]

32 minutes ago, Garufa said:

I happened to be awake at the time and thought it might have been one of the black helicopters.

Circling for ya huh! LOL. 

[DaveTN]

The New Madrid Fault is the one I’ve heard about all my life. They say West Tennessee, Kentucky and Southern Illinois will take a big hit.

[Garufa]

13 minutes ago, DaveTN said:

The New Madrid Fault is the one I’ve heard about all my life. They say West Tennessee, Kentucky and Southern Illinois will take a big hit.

Yep.  There’s a reason the University of Memphis has a pretty significant earthquake research center.

[Garufa]

7 hours ago, bersaguy said:

That quake form Reel Foot lake in extreme west Tennessee.

By the Mississippi River flowing backwards as the story goes.  It was a big one.

[No_0ne]

42 minutes ago, DaveTN said:

The New Madrid Fault is the one I’ve heard about all my life. They say West Tennessee, Kentucky and Southern Illinois will take a big hit.

It was actually a series of 4 main quakes, with hundreds of aftershocks.  The "big 4" occurred between December 16, 1811 and February 7, 1812, with aftershocks large enough to be felt until 1817.  Numerous events have occurred since, with a few in the @6 range on the Richter Scale.  Since Memphis State installed monitoring equipment in 1974, over 4k quakes have been recorded.  The New Madrid Fault Zone remains as one of the most active in North America, with potential for massive destruction. I live in the area, which gets quakes that can be felt every couple of years, about once per decade one causes some sort of damage, albeit not very widespread or serious ...

Edited December 12, 2018 by No_0ne