Earthquake in Georgia? Anyone feel it?

[KK]

We just had our building shake here. Anyone else in the atlanta area feel it?

KK

 

[Jarwa]

Hell yeah I felt it!! The whole building just shook.

I'm in North Alabama!!!!

I'm 2 hours away from Atlanta!!

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Jarwa
Hell yeah I felt it!! The whole building just shook.

I'm in North Alabama!!!!

I'm 2 hours away from Atlanta!!

I heard they felt in in Gadsden which is even further away from ATL than you are.

 

[Tallgeese]

Did I ever!

Tuscaloosa, Alabama here...definitely felt it.


BTW: I thought Mrs. Tallgeese had come down to get me off Mech Assault, and was shaking the La-Z-Boy.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Tallgeese
Did I ever!

Tuscaloosa, Alabama here...definitely felt it.


BTW: I thought Mrs. Tallgeese had come down to get me off Mech Assault, and was shaking the La-Z-Boy.

You felt it? I didn't feel a damn thing!

 

[Tallgeese]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: Tallgeese
Did I ever!

Tuscaloosa, Alabama here...definitely felt it.


BTW: I thought Mrs. Tallgeese had come down to get me off Mech Assault, and was shaking the La-Z-Boy.

You felt it? I didn't feel a damn thing!

MTG felt it too...because then she DID come downstairs, and asked me if we just had an earthquake.

 

[TallBill]

scary.. hope everyone is alright.. how powerful was it?

 

[KK]

Glad someone else felt it. Atleast I'm still sane.

KK

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: TallBill
scary.. hope everyone is alright.. how powerful was it?

I didn't feel it so I can't say. I'm looking for info online right now.

 

[Mill]

WTF is going on. My parents are freaking out. Where is it at?

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Millennium
WTF is going on. My parents are freaking out. Where is it at?

They are talking about it on CNN. So far it's been felt from Tuscaloosa to Atlanta but I haven't felt a damn thing.

I called over to the BellSouth ACAC in Homewood and they didn't feel it either.


CNN just said Greensboro, NC and Chattanooga felt it. Has to be at least a 3 to feel it.

 

[Johnnie]

i live in Helen GA..and I felt it

 

[Mill]

Goddamn. I seriously had a heart attack. My mother HAS never called me this late. I thought she was going to say my step-dad died or something. I think I am about to freak out myself. She scared the hell out of me.

 

[Mill]

OMFG!!!!!!!!! It was epicentered in Ft. Payne just a few miles from my parents house. 4. something.

 

[KK]

Here's a link to a chart for today. Link.

KK

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Millennium
OMFG!!!!!!!!! It was epicentered in Ft. Payne just a few miles from my parents house. 4. something.

Where did you see that?

 

[Kadarin]

Four point something? Bah.. those of us here in Cali wouldn't even bother posting about it..

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Four point something? Bah.. those of us here in Cali wouldn't even bother posting about it..

I grew up in California so maybe that's why I didn't feel it.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: Millennium
OMFG!!!!!!!!! It was epicentered in Ft. Payne just a few miles from my parents house. 4. something.

Where did you see that?

48 WAFF was saying that. Now they are saying SW Missouri.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Four point something? Bah.. those of us here in Cali wouldn't even bother posting about it..

*Insert witty comment about California falling off into the ocean here*

Ryan

 

[KK]

Another link. 4.5 initial report

KK

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Millennium

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: Millennium
OMFG!!!!!!!!! It was epicentered in Ft. Payne just a few miles from my parents house. 4. something.

Where did you see that?

48 WAFF was saying that. Now they are saying SW Missouri.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/usteak.htm


== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center

Version #6: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.


A light earthquake occurred at 8:59:36 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time on Tuesday, April 29, 2003. The magnitude 4.5 event occurred 7 km (5 miles) ESE of Mentone, AL. The hypocentral depth was 5 km ( 3 miles).



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Magnitude 4.5 - body magnitude (Mb)
Time Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 8:59:36 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 5:59:36 AM (ADT) - Atlantic
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 4:59:36 AM (EDT) - Eastern
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 3:59:36 AM (CDT) - Central
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 2:59:36 AM (MDT) - Mountain
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 1:59:36 AM (PDT) - Pacific
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 12:59:36 AM (AKDT) - Alaska
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 10:59:36 PM (HST) - Hawaii
Distance from Mentone, AL - 7 km (5 miles) ESE (109 degrees)
Menlo, GA - 8 km (5 miles) NNW (341 degrees)
Valley Head, AL - 10 km (6 miles) E (99 degrees)
Rome, GA - 44 km (27 miles) NW (318 degrees)
Chattanooga, TN - 59 km (37 miles) SSW (201 degrees)

Coordinates 34 deg. 33.0 min. N (34.550N)
85 deg. 30.2 min. W ( 85.504W)
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles)
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.9 km (4.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters Nst= 86, Nph= 86, Dmin=83.6 km, Rmss=1.72 sec, Erho=7.9 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=68.4 degrees
Event ID# usteak

 

[Mill]

No the inital report was right. A few miles from my parents house 4.5.

 

[dmcowen674]

We were shaken out of bed along with our 5 cats and 2 dogs went crazy.

There were 2 waves of shaking lasting more than 30 seconds. The windows rattled too.

Any reports of how the Nuclear Plant along the river near Ft Payne rode the Quake out?

That is DeKalb County in Alabama in the Northeast corner bordering Georgia and Tennessee.

Cloudland Canyon is there. That's probably where the fault line runs.

 

[scorp00]

I felt it too. I was thinking it was sleep deprivation from another all-nighter and me going crazy.

Clemson, SC here....about an hour and a half away from atlanta.