5.2 quake in Ill. shakes large part of Midwest
'This is a fairly large quake for this region,' USGS says
Friday April 18, 2008
WEST SALEM, Ill. - Residents across the Midwest were awakened Friday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major injuries or damage.
The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind.
"It shook our house where it woke me up," said
David Behm of Philo, 10 miles south of
Champaign. "Windows were rattling, and you could
hear it. The house was shaking inches. For
people in central Illinois, this is a big deal.
It's not like California."
Bonnie Lucas, a morning co-host at WHO-AM in Des
Moines, said she was sitting in her office when
she felt her chair move. She grabbed her desk,
and then heard the ceiling panels start to
creak. The shaking lasted about 5 seconds, she
said.
The quake is believed to have involved the
Wabash fault, a northern extension of the New
Madrid fault about 6 miles north of Mt. Carmel,
Ill., said United States Geological Survey
geophysicist Randy Baldwin.
The last earthquake in the region to approach
the severity of Friday's temblor was a 5.0
magnitude quake that shook a nearby area in
2002, Baldwin said.
"This is a fairly large quake for this region,"
he said. "They might occur every few years."
Baldwin said the USGS revised the quake's
magnitude from 5.4 to 5.2.
Irvetta McMurtry of Cincinnati said she felt the
rattling for up to 20 seconds.
"All of a sudden, I was awakened by this
rumbling shaking," said McMurtry, 43. "My bed is
an older wood frame bed, so the bed started to
creak and shake, and it was almost like somebody
was taking my mattress and moving it back and
forth."
Lucas Griswold, a dispatcher in West Salem, said
the Edwards County sheriff's department received
reports of minor damage and no injuries.
"Oh, yeah, I felt it. It was interesting,"
Griswold said. "A lot of shaking."
Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Todd Ringle
in Evansville said there were no immediate
reports of damage.
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Updated at 2:00 a.m., April 19, 2008
Although the earthquake that occurred yesterday in Illinois is not the QUAKE that was foretold on this Site, it does, in a very profound way, confirm everything I believe in. Glory is to GOD; I am most convinced that this earthquake is “A MARKER” towards the Main Event.
1.
On Friday, April 18, 2008 a fairly large
earthquake occurred in the United States of
America.
2. The earthquake struck in the Morning.
3. The time of the occurrence of the quake was
4:37 a.m.
437
= 19
x
23
Sura 23 in the Quran is
“The Believers.”
4. The magnitude of the quake was 5.2 on the Richter scale.
19
x
52 = 988
The title of Sura 98 in the Quran is
“The Proof”"
and this Sura has 8 verses, thus 988.
5. The quake was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind.
6
and 66, thus 666, the Numerical Identity of the
Quran.
Your people have
rejected this, even though it is the truth.
Say,
“I am not a guardian over you.”
Quran 6:66
