[Knight Templar]

Yay for me!

[Grey Wolf]

I think we had a minor earthquake here in northern New York a few years back. Can't really remember any details other than that I slept through it....

[Setekh]

Earthquakes? Yikes... were there any casualties?

[Grey Wolf]

The one in Illinois? Of course not. 4.5 Magnitude.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale

According to that article, a 4.5 Magnitude earthquake would cause:
"Noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises. Significant damage unlikely."

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Setekh
Earthquakes? Yikes... were there any casualties?

You never felt a earthquake?

A 4.5 is barely a tickle...if you are doing something you may not even feel it.  Sometimes the tree's will sway a bit in an odd motion or the paintings will get swung around a bit.

Once had a glass jar shake off a high ledge but it was already leaning over when the quake hit.  We didn't even know there was a quake in that instance till later on the news.  So a 4.5 is very slight...enough to feel it, but not the sort of building collapsing or casuality inducing kind.

[Taristin]

...I've never felt an earthquake, either.  But then again, Long Island was never known for having a fault line.  Anywho, now that I'm on the continental part of NY, and possibly moving up to Saratoga, maybe I'll get lucky.

[Eishtmo]

Just so you guys know, the quake was in northern Illiniois, think Chicago.

Bob and I live in the south, down near St. Louis.

[Thorn]

Feel em in Vancouver on a nearly monthly basis. Most of the time it's this sudden jolt, barely noticeable.
If you're standing you likely wont notice it, sitting you may....

[Sandwich]

We had a quake earlier this year. I was walking at the time and didn't feel it.

[SadisticSid]

We had a minor 4.8 centred in Dudley in late 2002, I was up north so didn't feel it

[aldo_14]

Apparently, 2  (on average) 2.0 earthquakes occur in the world every day.

Oh, and IIRC the Richter scale isn't perfect - an earthquake will be felt differently depending on the depth which it occurs.

Strangely, the book I'm reading at the mo is currently sitting bookmarked at a page discussing the New Madrid earthquake.  Apparently, these quake types (intra plate rupturings) are never known to happen at the same place twice.