Felt it here too in the So. tip of Illinios. Thought it was a train, but didn't hear the whistles.

Will someone please tell me what time it was???

I hope everyone is ok.
Earthquakes are freaky imo, I'd rather never feel one again.

Glad everyone is ok....we a the New Madrid Fault that runs through Arkansas also....if we had one I slept thru it....

yeh and no WARNINGS with them either (i dont think)

try living thur hurricanes.. especially 4 yrs ago when we had (where i live) 2 in a roll..2 weeks apart..now thats freaky

Hurricanes at least give you some warning....went thru 1 while living in Panama City and 1 in Virginia-they both sucked.....but it was kind of a RUSH though!!!

I and my dog just got shook out of bed this morning. Thought
it was a plane. And when my dog jumps out of bed and runs
for the front door, I think it must be something else. I just
moved yesterday and that was a weird feeling for the first
morning in a new house. Is that like an aftershock??

Almost started the morning with something other than tea.

Have a good day all. And if you have nothing to do today,
I could use the help in good old Ft. Wayne, In.

yeh here too..was crazy..but kinda of cool though

but after hurricanes' Francis and Jeanne 2-3 weeks apart? i NEVER want to go thru that crap again..what a pain in the ***!!

I hear Sexyklp....we have had our share of BS weather here...30 inches of rain in the month of March...and they say we have global warming-what are they smoking....heehee!!

i know..really!!!!

Yikes, everyone!! I wake up and see this went on!!! I hope everyone is fine and dandy.......... Bless your hearts!!

I think global warming is real. Has anyone noticed how much hotter Hilary Duff is these days?

If you see the earth open you need to run no duh

Didn't feel it here.... was sleep at time 5:34 AM.
One hell of a alarm clock....
It's all over the local News....

I woke me up this morning....I though there was something wrong with my building.... they are doing work on it.....

Thanks X, I thought I was crazy.

Funny I live in North Alabama and didn't feel a thing. Hmmmmm

My child woke me up around 4:20 a.m. yelling, "What is that?" I was sleeping. Said they heard a whoosh noise and then their bed shook and toys cluncked together. They said the dog was in their doorway staring at them.

St. Louis got it too.

And I thought the earth was moving in my dreams...

WEST SALEM, Ill. - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people up to 450 miles away early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful Midwest temblor.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant cities as Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa, 450 miles northwest of the epicenter, but there were no early reports of injuries or significant damage.

"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 shook skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop, 240 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of it.

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.

The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region, which covers parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas and stretches from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The organization's Web site said earthquakes occur irregularly in the area, and that the largest historical earthquake in the region — also a magnitude 5.4 — caused damage in southern Illinois in 1968.

The region is located in a region bordering the much more seismically active New Madrid seismic zone, according to the geological survey's Web site. In 1811 and 1812, the New Madrid fault produced a series of earthquakes estimated at magnitude 7.0 or greater.

Experts say another major New Madrid quake could destroy buildings, bridges, roads and other infrastructure, disrupt communications and isolate areas.

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The New Madrid faultline is THE fault in Missouri.
New Madrid, MO.

It is difficult to obtain earthquake insurance in St. Louis due the fault. Some insurance companies will not insure brick homes - only frame homes. And it's not cheap!!

The New Madrid did considerable damage to St. Louis in the old days.