There was a 3.4 "something" in McCook, IL a couple weeks ago, that nobody seems to be able to explain. My best totally uneducated guess is that a quarry blast triggered a mini-quake.

It seems the experts have decided I was right. USGS is putting a seismograph in the quarry in case it happens again.

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I have my Windows 7 gadget set for anything over mag 6, you would be surprised how many over the world there are week by week .....

There was a 3.1 quake in Genoa yesterday, but the USGS has not put it on its map. Maybe its magnitude was less than 2.5.
Tullio

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My first was on Ellesmere Island in 1972, it was a
quick little table shaker....

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Living much of my life in Central California, I've long stopped sounting eathquakes. The ones I remember:

Sylmar late 1960s (1969?) Doobie Bros album "The Captain and Me" shows the damage to the freeways going over the Grapevine.

Guam, September 1975. Just moored alongside the Submarine Tender USS Proteus. Lasted about 30 seconds, seemed like 5 minutes of bouncing up and down. Quake was in the Marianas Trench just west of the island.

San Diego, 1983. Off the coast, bounced me out of my waterbed.

Northridge (L.A.) - was home on leave, woke us up.

Loma Prieta, Sept 1989 (World Series). Was at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, CA, 30 miles north of Oakland/Berkeley. Another bucking bronco ride like the Guam quake.

Coalinga, 1995-ish. Sloshed water out of our swinning pool.

Last year, in Ventura County. Several of us were online here when it happened.

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5.8 Palm Springs California, slept right thru the quake.

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heh 3.4 ... we get those from the Fracking here in Texas... allegedly

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Well Angela and Uli never felt anything, I made sure that I checked on them!

That's 1 good thing I suppose (IMHO), and that is we down here live on 1 entire plate.

Cheers.

I only experienced 2 minor earthquakes, with the first one some things fell off the cupboard and with the second one my bed shook a little. A little strange here as we live very far from any fault.

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The one I wont mention almost got tossed..........

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Well I've suppose to have been there at 3 in Sydney, but for 2 of them I was on a water bed and the other I was driving a bus over the Sydney Harbour Bridge so I missed them all.

Cheers.

I've been in at least two, but they were so minor I didn't even notice the first and I only noticed the second because I happened to be awake at 4am and heard stuff rattling a bit.

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I have felt many, but you never forget your first one.

8/6/1979 5.7 Gilroy/Hollister area.

Just picked my son out of his crib and thought I was having a dizzy spell.

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I have been in 3 earthquakes in my life.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1993_09_21.php

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it is the third or fourth one to hit this area in two weeks. I hope nothing bigger comes out of it; but, who knows???

I suppose that is something to worry about.

I'm still waiting for New Madrid to let go. Last time, it rang church bells in Boston.

(That's probably a good reason to have a portable gasoline or diesel generator instead of an installed one connected to natural gas.)

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David
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3.4? Is that even worth posting about? Shake, rattle, and snooze.

There was a 3.4 "something" in McCook, IL a couple weeks ago, that nobody seems to be able to explain. My best totally uneducated guess is that a quarry blast triggered a mini-quake.

The title of the Thread does say "Small..." Plus, it is the third or fourth one to hit this area in two weeks. I hope nothing bigger comes out of it; but, who knows???

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There have been several of those lately SW of Sydney, but their cause is likely old underground coal mines collapsing.

Cheers.

3.4? Is that even worth posting about? Shake, rattle, and snooze.

There was a 3.4 "something" in McCook, IL a couple weeks ago, that nobody seems to be able to explain. My best totally uneducated guess is that a quarry blast triggered a mini-quake.

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David
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I forgot the USGS link...

Earthquake near Danville, and San Ramon 11-13-2013

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