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By T

April 18, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

I didn’t feel it, but my wife and I awoke to an unidentified rattling coming from behind our dresser. I didn’t think anything of it until I got to work and realized it happened right at the time of the quake. This was in NE Cobb, just below the Cherokee line.

By A'Nesthesia

April 18, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

Our headboard was definitely banging against the wall this morning - I told Darius he’s going to have to fix the drywall tomorrow - the earth definitely moved under my feet. Oh, and by the way - I felt the earthquake, too!

By Anna

April 18, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

i felt it at 5:40 am in east cobb. i felt the mattress moving and heard rattling.

By Doc

April 18, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

My 12 year old blind dog (who is usually still deep asleep when I get up) was standing on all fours with his ears up and tail pointed straight out when I got out of bed this morning around that time. I didn’t feel anything but I know my dog sensed it. We live in the city of Decatur.

By Jeff

April 18, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

No rumblings felt in South GA (Albany area).

I’ll have to check around and see if anyone here at work (downtown Macon) felt anything.

By Susan Norman

April 18, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

I was lying in bed this morning and felt my house shake. It was like having a giant walk through the second floor — boom..boom…boom…boom. At the time, I wondered how my husband or adult son could walk so heavily that they made the house shake!

By S. Norman

April 18, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

I was lying in bed this morning and felt my house shake. It was like having a giant walk through the second floor — boom..boom…boom…boom. At the time, I wondered how my husband or adult son could walk so heavily that they made the house shake! Then I read about the earthquake in Illinois and took a look at ajc.com to see if the tremors were felt in Atlanta. I live near the Cumming/Dawson line.

By S. Norman

April 18, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

I was lying in bed this morning and felt my house shake. It was like having a giant walk through the second floor — boom..boom…boom…boom. At the time, I wondered how my husband or adult son could walk so heavily that they made the house shake! Then I read about the earthquake in Illinois and took a look at ajc.com to see if the tremors were felt in Atlanta. I live near the Cumming/Dawson line.

By Fletcher Helms

April 18, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

I awoke very early with something that made a rattle sound which is not normal, went back to sleep, but never knew what it was, in West Point, Ga.

By John M

April 18, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

At exactly that time 5:37AM Eastern time (Sandy Springs) I had just let the dog out and I went to lie down on the sofa to wait. The overall feeling while on the sofa was like rocking and swaying side-to-side perhaps as in a hammock but with slight rumblings all around…

By John M

April 18, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

At exactly that time 5:37AM Eastern time (Sandy Springs) I had just let the dog out and I went to lie down on the sofa to wait. The overall feeling while on the sofa was like rocking and swaying side-to-side perhaps as in a hammock but with slight rumblings all around…

By Rob

April 18, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

My headboard was rattling and the bed was shaking around 5:40AM. It was not from the earthquake though!!

By Rip

April 18, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

It sounded like a woodpecker was pecking on the side of our house.

By Bob

April 18, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

I was sitting in my basement (so not to disturb my wife) eating a bowl of cereal and watching the news when I heard a rattle coming from upstairs. It didn’t last long and I never thought anything about it until now. This is just south of Dalton in the Dug Gap area.

By Bill Kecskes

April 18, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

The furniture shook in western Carroll County at 5:38AM this morning.

By jim morgan

April 18, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

HUGE CATASTROPHE! THE EARTHQUAKE BLEW MY ROOF OFF AND MY PET PIT BULL WAS SWALLOWED UP BY THE EARTH. DEVASTATING DISASTER. I HAVE MADE APPLICATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

By Joyce Marsh

April 18, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

I was laying in bed this morning after I woke up to go to the bathroom , it was around 5:00 a.m. and when I laid back down I felt the bed trimer and I said this is strange is this a earth quake. I got out of bed and stood beside it but could only feel the trimmer in the bed. WOW! Glad to know I am not loosing it. I live out near Six Flags over Georgia, Austell. Have a great day.

By Nina

April 18, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

I felt it, and seriously woke up thinking I dreamt the whole thing. Now I know that was real.

By The Nerd

April 18, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Just another one of those “sleep and you miss” things.

By mover

April 18, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

I had just poured myself a fresh cup of joe and had sat down to my computer when the rumble began. I grabbed my cup as to ensure that it would be there when I needed it the most. Having never gone through an earthquake before I recognized it right away and began to cry out in shouts that were heard throughout my village (Clarkston). The people were all coming out onto the lawns to group together and hug. We needed each other to get through such an event. I noticed that the quake had caused some of the grass clipping to shift and were turned upside down. We cried out in anguish, WHY? WHY Clarkston? It was around this time that I had noticed what it seemed everyone else had noticed. In my hast to put my arms around my “hood” I had forgotten to put something around my “manhood”. Yup, no undies! Elvis said it best ” hey, hey I’m all shook up” To be honest I didn’t feel a thing!

By The Nerd

April 18, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

Just another one of those “sleep and you miss” things.

By The Nerd

April 18, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

Just another one of those “sleep and you miss” things.

By big blue caddy

April 18, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

Our windows rattled around 5:35 am and lasted for about 7 to 10 seconds…seemed longer though. Weird.

By Marilyn

April 18, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

Felt the bed shaking and tought that one of my cats was having a grooming fit. It was 5:40 AM that I felt the shaking in Canton, GA

By Summer

April 18, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

um…the quake happened in Illinois, not Indiana…did someone forget their coffee this morning???

By Summer

April 18, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

um…the quake happened in Illinois, not Indiana…did someone forget their coffee this morning???

By angela

April 18, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

I live in Doraville and I felt it. It was about 5:37ish when I got up to get ready for school. I was standing in the bathroom when It felt like the ground was moving under me. I did not think anything of it until I saw on the news a little later what had happened. I live on the second floor so I am sure the people below me felt it better than I did.

By Summer

April 18, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

um…the quake happened in Illinois, not Indiana…did someone forget their coffee this morning???

By Judalon

April 18, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

I did feel it. The closed double doors to my bedrooms started rattling and vibrating. I figured when I got up for the day, I would hear about an earthquake somewhere relatively close by.

By Christine

April 18, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

Didn’t feel a thing in Acworth. Of course, I sleep like a rock. Although my dog did bark and wake me up between 5-6am this morning, which is earlier than normal. So maybe we should ask her? :)

By Donna

April 18, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

It was after 5:00 this morning. I felt the bed move and I thought to myself was that a earthquake? Lawrenceville

By LJ

April 18, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

I thought the dog was pawing at my bed to let him out then when I looked over he wasnt there. I drove to work all morning with a total creepy feeling. But then I read the news :-)

L’ville/Suwanee/Buford area!

By Summer

April 18, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

didn’t the quake happen in Illinois?

By null

April 18, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

good god…who the hell cares?! it’s a friggin earthquake…it’s not news. and nobody cares who felt it or who didn’t feel it. get on with real news you idiots!

By Amber

April 18, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

I felt the earthquake this morniing, but at first I thought that my dog was jumping on my bed so I yelled at him to stop. When I opened my eyes he was looking at me, not jumping and I still felt the shakes. I went back to sleep thinking that maybe the people that stayed under me were washing a big load of clothes. lol. Marion County Indianapolis, IN

By Ilene

April 18, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Gee, now I know why my insurance company is canceling our earthquake insurance here in GA. They must know something!

The baby was awake for awhile this morning. Then I thought I heard a train rattling, maybe that was the earthquake — but trains are supposed to mean tornadoes.

By Dee

April 18, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

I was up, but hadn’t had my coffee yet - so I didn’t feel anything! Fayette County

By Bob Wilhelm

April 18, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this

I live in Woodstock, GA, 35 miles northwest of Atlanta. This morning I woke up and, while still in bed, felt about three very mild rocking motions at about 4:39 am that I assumed were the result of an earthquake.

By John

April 18, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

I knew it…I was sitting in my bed around 5:30 and it started shaking…I was like, “what the heck is that”? It went on for about 20 seconds. Then I just checked the ajc.com site and read about the earthquake.

Hey Null..Earthquakes are rare in Georgia, stop spoiling our fun…you need to go back to bed until you get over the grouchies.

By Kunify

April 18, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

Oh God, the Baptist (mainly Mike Everson) will blame it on the POPE being in America.

By Paige

April 18, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

I woke to the window screens rattling. It wasn’t until I saw the news that I realized it was probably the earthquake. We are in East Cobb…very close to the Fulton Co. line on the river.

By Lisa

April 18, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

I woke up in the middle of the night and the house was vibrating. A couple of metal and glass objects in my bedroom rattle when the washing machine is unbalanced, and they did the same thing last night. It lasted about 30 seconds! I was joking when I asked my father if we had an earthquake in the middle of the night. He immediately responded “They did in the midwest, did YOU feel it?”. We may not be in one of the recognized earthquake zones, but don’t delay..call your Insurance company today and get coverage. Why take a chance?

By Bob Wilhelm

April 18, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

I live in Woodstock, GA, 35 miles northwest of Atlanta. This morning I woke up and, while still in bed, felt about three very mild rocking motions at about 4:39 am that I assumed were the result of an earthquake.

By BiBi

April 18, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Nothing felt in SW Atlanta!!

By A

April 18, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Ya’ll are crazy! You didn’t feel anything. LOL

By BiBi

April 18, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Nothing felt in SW Atlanta!!

By Allison Dorman

April 18, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

We live in Snellville and I awoke to the bed and lamp rattling. Honestly, I thought the dog had curled up next to the bed. When I didn’t see her, I figured it must be an explosion or earthquake.

By Randolph

April 18, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

I live in Marietta and was watching the morning news when I noticed the pictures on the wall moving. I thought it was caused by something outside, a truck or train, but since it did not last for long it really did not bother me. It was later as I was getting dressed and listening to the radio that I realized what happened.

By Aimee

April 18, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

I live in Fairburn and me and my daughter felt it. We are in a apartment on the second floor.

By jj

April 18, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

I felt something but it was my wife’s gas.

By get over it

April 18, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

I thought it was because Andruw Jones was back in town.

By Getting it on

April 18, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

I woke up to my bed shaking but then I realized it was my wife getting it on with another guy next to me. So I joined in and we had a great time.

By Dawn

April 18, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Our dog ran to the front windows and barked for 10 minutes. I looked out and tried to reassure him that we were not being invaded. He finally got back onto our bed and sat at full alert looking toward the front door until 6:00. When I saw the news, I realized that he was barking at the earthquake. My husband and I did not feel anything, but the dog sure noticed.

By Getting it on

April 18, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

I woke up to my bed shaking but then I realized it was my wife getting it on with another guy next to me. So I joined in and we had a great time.

By Nank a Nank

April 18, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

I was laying in bed when I felt the shaking about 5:35. It wasn’t scary until I got to work and read on ajc.com that an earthquake had hit in Iowa and Illinois. I knew that was what I had felt. Then I got scared. Earthquakes in divers places.

By BiBi

April 18, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

Didn’t feel anythng in SW Atlanta!

By E.Sky

April 18, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

I felt the earth, move, under my feet…I felt the sky falling down…while in my bed at 5:54 am this morning. I live on the 4th floor of my building. I laid await…for the rest of the MORNING………

By Rob

April 18, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

This cracks me up. Why is this even news in Atlanta. Geez people! I guess all you folks that haven’t done your taxes will be getting another tax extension because of the slight rattle you felt this morning.

By Laura

April 18, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

We live in Vincennes, Indiana, 20 miles from the epicenter and it woke my husband, my 12 yr old daughter and myself up from sleep. Our other 5 younger children slept though it. We had a few things fall off the walls, but no major damage. We felt it last approx 30-45 seconds. Our daughter was very shook and is normally a calm and cool kid.

By Artvetta Jones

April 18, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

Yes, I felt a 10 to 15 second trimmer this morning and it really felt strange to fill my bed slightly vibrate, but I had no idea what the light vibration was until I saw the news on tv. I live in East Point, GA.

By Springer

April 18, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

We felt it in Sandy Springs. We only knew what an earthquake felt like because we felf the one centered in Fort Payne, Alabama a few years ago. It shook the house.

By Bill

April 18, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

WE live in Snellville Ga right on the Illinois line and we felt nothing.

By E.Sky

April 18, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

I felt the earth, move, under my feet…I felt the sky falling down…while in my bed at 5:54 am this morning. I live on the 4th floor of my building. I laid awake…for the rest of the MORNING………

By beki

April 18, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

I was dead to the world at the time it struck so I felt nothing.

By Bill

April 18, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

WE live in Snellville Ga right on the Illinois line and we felt nothing.

By Sarah

April 18, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

I live in the Smyrna /Vinnings area near the Chattahoochee. Though I wish I could say I was laying on the bed, I was sitting on the toilet when I felt it! It was VERY subtle. I noticed the slightest sway and it made me think of the bigger quake felt in the area around five years ago. That one I barely came out of my slumber to note the house was moving but since I didn’t think that was possible in GA, I didn’t allow myself to fully wake up! When I found out it WASN’T a dream, I was bummed I missed TRULY experiencing it. So it was fun to be awake for this one even if it was smaller…

By Shayla

April 18, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

I felt my bed shaking approx. 5:30am Friday. The shaking lasted for about 1min & the power was out in my region.

By Cindy

April 18, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

I live in Avon Indiana and was feeding my dog this morning when I felt a vibration. One of my glass cabinet doors began rattling as well as all of the glasses inside of it. My dog starting growling and barking and then it just stopped.

By Shayla

April 18, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

I felt my bed shaking approx. 5:30am Friday. The shaking lasted for about 1min & the power was out in my region.

By Cindy

April 18, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

I live in Avon Indiana and was feeding my dog this morning when I felt a vibration. One of my glass cabinet doors began rattling as well as all of the glasses inside of it. My dog starting growling and barking and then it just stopped.

By LN

April 18, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

If I did feel it can I get one of those FEMA trailers?

By Shayla

April 18, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

I felt my bed shaking approx. 5:30am Friday. The shaking lasted for about 1min & the power was out in my region.

By W

April 18, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

yes I felt it in Midtown around 5:40. I was just about to get up, and my bed started shaking slightly for about 15-20 seconds. It was similar to the earthquake near Atlanta in 2002 or 2003, just a little more subtle this time.

By W

April 18, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

yes I felt it in Midtown around 5:40. I was just about to get up, and my bed started shaking slightly for about 15-20 seconds. It was similar to the earthquake near Atlanta in 2002 or 2003, just a little more subtle this time.

By Rosie O'Donnell

April 18, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

Yeah right. The earth just started shaking all by itself. George Bush had something to do with this just like he did with Katrina and 9/11. Just ask any physics professor.

And by the way, Donald Trump has bad hair….and I was a better host than Whoopie on “The View”.

By Jonathan

April 18, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

I felt my bed shaking more than normal this morning and thought it was a MARTA bus going by. I guess it was the earthquake afterall. I wonder what a MARTA bus or a stupid Trolley would register on a richter scale?

By Keri

April 18, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

I am staying with an uncle and aunt who live in Plymouth, Indiana, and I was lying asleep on the floor with the my year and a half daughter on the couch above me. I remember putting her there last night, and when I awoke this morning, at about 8 something, she was laying next to me on the floor. After a few moments, my cell phone rang, and it was my husband who was in Battle Creek, Michigan for drill for the military, and he asked me if I was all right, and I thought he had lost his mind. After him telling me that there was a report of a 5.4 earthquake, I realized what he was talking about. After telling him that we were both fine, he got back to doing his drill, and I became depressed that I didn’t get to feel this earthquake. The last earthquake that I ever felt was when I lived in California about 18 some years ago, and I am going to be turning 22 on Saturday the 19th of April.

By Rosie O'Donnell

April 18, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

Yeah right. The earth just started shaking all by itself. George Bush had something to do with this just like he did with Katrina and 9/11. Just ask any physics professor.

And by the way, Donald Trump has bad hair….and I was a better host than Whoopie on “The View”.

By swolf4810

April 18, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

Heck, the only thing that wakes me up is my cat almost sitting ON my face when he gets ready to go out in the mornings!

By Rachel

April 18, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Yes I felt it. It was so funny because I really didn’t know if I was dreaming at first or if something really wierd was going on. I felt my bed shaking and still half sleep I lifted my head then plopped it back down and to my surpirse my bed was still shaking. I started to get scared because I began thinking about the bed scene in the exorcist and I am like “ok now…what’s really going on”, then I saw the news this morning…whew!

By Shake Rattle & Roll

April 18, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

Uh, thanks for the heartwarming story, Keri - and - happy birthday, I guess. From a lot of the above postings, it looks like dogs rule! Not one mention of a cat alerting anyone to the earthquake!

By Donald Trump

April 18, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

I felt it, but I thought Rosie O’Donnell had fallen out of bed….my bad.

PS….NBC made me pick Piers over Trace.

By KT

April 18, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

My African grey parrot felt it!!

By Scotty L

April 18, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

I am out in Vegas, When we have tremors weekly we just think it’s another casino opening. I can just picture old uncle Jack out fixing to turkey hunt when the the earthquake hit, causing the turkeys to stay in the trees longer ;o) disrupting the days Turkey hunt….

By Mary E

April 18, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

I live in Marietta, close to Roswell line and also felt my bed shaking and the windows rattling around 5:30 this morning. Wondered at the time if it was an earthquake as we also felt the one five years ago.

By earthquake virgin

April 18, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

I was f*** my wife when it happened so I simply thought it was the pounding I was giving her. It intensified the orgasm but when we were finished, the shaking didn’t stop. I indeed felt the earth quake and can now say I have beaten the s** out of my wife’s flesh curtains while experiencing my first earth quake!

By Footballbeerchic

April 18, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

didn’t feel it, didn’t hear anything, my three dogs were too busy snoring (boston terriers) and the cat must have heard something because she was scratching on the door.. oh wait, that means she was hungry. We live off Ridge road in Paulding and we survived the 08 QUAKE. :)

By TT

April 18, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Yes, we felt it in Canton near Sixes Road. We woke up at 5:40 to our armoire banging. Not as heavy as the quake in 2003, but pretty cool.

By ljl

April 18, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

I was awake lying in bed and told my husband that we had just had an earthquake. He didn’t believe me…said I was crazy. Having lived in California I insisted. Thanks AJC for not making me eel like I am the CRAZY one!!!

By Paul

April 18, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

My wife and I felt the quake in Roswell GA! We are both from Souther California, the quake lasted about 5 second, it was like tremor we used feel all the time in So.Cal…we were ready to head outside!

By Paul

April 18, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

My wife and I felt the quake in Roswell GA! We are both from Souther California, the quake lasted about 5 second, it was like tremor we used feel all the time in So.Cal…we were ready to head outside!

By The Springers

April 18, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

We live in Marion, Indiana, and felt the earthquake shaking things in our house at 5:30 this morning, at 10:00, and at 11:15.

By meme

April 18, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

Wow, it must’ve been huge for all these ppl to feel it. I live in Valparaiso indiana- thought i was going crazy when i felt the house shaking. It happened again this morning at about 10am too

By Shake Rattle & Roll

April 18, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

Uh, Springers - thanks for the input. Say hello to Jerry for me.

By Kristin

April 18, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

I thought the cats were banging on something but I realized it was the change holder that was shaking on my dresser then noticed my bed was too!!! This happened in Buford at 5:42am

By Mountain girl

April 18, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

Definitely felt the bed shaking this morning in stone mountain.

By Tony King

April 18, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Had just gotten up - was standing in my kitchen. House in on concrete slab. Floor felt like one of those old Magic Finger mattresses - vibrating. Came in three distinct “waves” over about 20 or so seconds. No planes or traffic outside; so I knew what it was. Had the same thing in Atlanta a few years back.

By Tony King

April 18, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Buckhead - Northside Drive. Had just gotten up - was standing in my kitchen. House in on concrete slab. Floor felt like one of those old Magic Finger mattresses - vibrating. Came in three distinct “waves” over about 20 or so seconds. No planes or traffic outside; so I knew what it was. Had the same thing in Atlanta a few years back.

By Tony King

April 18, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Buckhead - Northside Drive. Had just gotten up - was standing in my kitchen. House in on concrete slab. Floor felt like one of those old Magic Finger mattresses - vibrating. Came in three distinct “waves” over about 20 or so seconds. No planes or traffic outside; so I knew what it was. Had the same thing in Atlanta a few years back.

By Don Britt

April 18, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

I live in Douglasville and I was out walking my dog this morning around 5:15 .. I heard dogs barking madly throughout the neighborhood and my dog started acting strange .. Outside lights at the school we were walking at started flickering .. I had no idea we were experiencing effects of an earthquake 400 miles away. Nature is amazing !!!

By kay

April 18, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

i live in terre haute, indiana, about 100 or so miles from the epicenter. I was laying bed about 5:30-5:40am and then all the sudden my bed started shaking violently. Being only 15 years old and never experiencing one of these before i was terrified. It lasted in terre haute for about 30 seconds but it seemed longer. What a way to start the morning!!!

By Don Britt

April 18, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

I live in Douglasville and I was out walking my dog this morning around 5:15 .. I heard dogs barking madly throughout the neighborhood and my dog started acting strange .. Outside lights at the school we were walking at started flickering .. I had no idea we were experiencing effects of an earthquake 400 miles away. Nature is amazing !!!

By kay

April 18, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

i live in terre haute, indiana, about 100 or so miles from the epicenter. I was laying bed about 5:30-5:40am and then all the sudden my bed started shaking violently. Being only 15 years old and never experiencing one of these before i was terrified. It lasted in terre haute for about 30 seconds but it seemed longer. What a way to start the morning!!!

By nikole

April 18, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

I woke up at 5:37 ( we are an hour ahead) to my bed shaking back and forth. I thought it was a ghost at first. I don’t know which is more irrational thought; the ghost or earthquake?

By Tammy

April 18, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Definitely felt it around 5:40 or 5:45 in Buford. Lampshades were swaying and sounded like when a car pulls up beside you at a redlight and has the bass blaring in their car.

By Kim

April 18, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this

My husband and I woke up at 4:38 this morning central time. Our bed was shaking and the door was creaking. We didn’t know what it was at first. It lasted about 20 to 30 seconds. We live in Prairie Village, KANSAS we never thought we would feel and earthquake here. It was pretty cool.

By Jduy

April 18, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

I was in bed around 5:30 give or take a few minutes and my whole bed shook. I remember it being similar to the earthquake a few years ago.

By Ben

April 18, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

It was terrible. I thought I was dying.

By Kelli

April 18, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

i live in NW Indaiana I woke at about 4:30am up with a nauseous feeling that I thought was related to how warm our bedroom was. But, when I went in the bathroom the large sea shell sitting on the top of the toilet was shaking and fell off the toliet. It felt like a car hit our apartment building!

By Mary

April 18, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

I felt it! I’m in Milwaukee, and it actually woke me up, but in my sleepy state I figured it was a train going by (I grew up living near a railroad). I even heard things tapping in my room. It wasn’t until my sister texted me and was like “omg, quake!” that I realized that I don’t live near a train anymore.

By Mike Clarke

April 18, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

Yep. Wife jumped out out bed like a cannon. Have not seen her move so quick in years.

By J. Carmona

April 18, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

I live in Goshen Indiana, after going to the bathroom I went back to bed it was about 5 or 5:30 am, while I was trying to go back to sleep my bed started shaking and things in the closet where moving around and the windows where shaking, I thought it was my imagination until after I took my kids to school and saw the news when I got home….wow it was an earthquake…what a surprise.

By Whole lotta shakin goin on...

April 18, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

I live in Canton and was sound asleep when the bed began to shake beneath me and the stuff on the dining table began to really rattle. At first, in my sleepiness, I thought it was the cats chasing each other ‘round and was about to yell at them when I realized the whole place seemed to be moving! I looked at the clock when it was over - it was 5:41am. A couple of minutes after noting the time I also noted that the birds began chirping and singing. Amazing. I live on the fourth floor; maybe that is why I felt it so much.

By val

April 18, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

I felt it here in Indiana,we sleep in our basement bedroom and it shook pretty good.Made me jump from bed trying to figure out what it was.Then we felt another one early this afternoon lasted only half as long and wasn’t as strong,still a very odd sensation.

By Portia M. Noble

April 18, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

I felt the quake this morning about five-thirty/ish. I could not be sure of the exact time due to my being asleep. I did awaken to the shaken motion of my bed. I immediately thought about the quake of 2003. It lasted about three or four seconds and went away. I called out to my daughter in the next room, but she did not awaken. Later she told me she felt a shaking motion, but thought it was the heating system coming on. About thirty minutes after the motions were felt, our entire lighting in the our home and the sub-division went dark. Whether the earthquake had something to do with it is a mystery. It is quite frightening to know that we are experiencing quakes in the Metro Atlanta Area.

By Lulu

April 18, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

Ah that explains my sewing thimble on the floor rather than the table I left it on and the chair turned to the side rather than facing front.

By Foster Brooks

April 18, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

I thought I just had too (urp!) just had too (urp!) just had too much at the (urp!) the tavern last night. My bedroom spins all the time! Like Lulu, I found my thewing shimbles on the (urp!) on the floor, too!

By Truth Believer

April 18, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

Hey, I live in Martinez, near Augusta, and we have earthquakes on a regular basis. It’s a county ordinance and it occurs every other Friday. Everyone comes into work with their heads still bobbling. Really a sight to see!

By Steve Minsel

April 18, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

About 5:36 am this morning, April 18,2008, my wife and I felt the quake sitting in our living room as we were watching local news on TV. She thought it was a train or big truck passing by….I knew it was a minor quake since I have felt tremors in the past. No damage was done at my home but it did make for an exciting morning. I also felt another small tremor in the early p.m. at my office about 3-miles from my home. Again- no damage…just a moment of suspense.

By Steve Minsel

April 18, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

We felt the tremor from the Illinois Quake here in Elkhart, Indiana located about 2-miles from the Michigan Stae line. Once at about 5:36 am and another tremor in the early afternoon 4-18-08. No damage was done but a bundle of suspense to end the work week..

By Schyler

April 18, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

I was asleep when I was awoken by my bed shaking and the house moving. I was scared and ran to the other room to see if anyone else felt it. Then later I found out it was an earth quake in Indiana? Very interesting!

By Schyler

April 18, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

I was asleep when I was awoken by my bed shaking and the house moving. I was scared and ran to the other room to see if anyone else felt it. Then later I found out it was an earth quake in Indiana? Very interesting!

By Tommy

April 18, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

…I live in NYC, and definitely heard a loud boom this morning…oh, wait, that was the Pope’s fat-a** landing here….

By Tommy

April 18, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

…I live in NYC, and definitely heard a loud boom this morning…oh, wait, that was the Pope’s fat-a** landing here….

By Tommy

April 18, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

…I live in NYC, and definitely heard a loud boom this morning…oh, wait, that was the Pope’s fat-a** landing here….

By DRM

April 18, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

I live on 14th Street in Midtown. I woke up at 4 am, and after 4:30 am I felt a couple of short, sharp jerks, which couldn’t have lasted more than a couple of seconds. It felt like the beginning of the earthquake centered in San Jose last fall; I was in San Francisco for a conference at the time. It didn’t feel as strong as the tremors from the centered in northern Alabama a few years ago, though, but I was convinced that an earthquake had struck somewhere. I looked at the USGS web site, and saw that an earthquake had struck in southern Illinois, but I assumed that that was too far away to account for what I felt. I was amazed to learn from watching The NewsHour on PBS that the earthquake was felt as far away as Atlanta, and that it occurred at the same time as the tremors I felt.

By AJH

April 18, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

I didnt know that it was happening or anything until my father told me this morning when i woke up. I sleep on a water bed and also live in a trailer, so i thought that it was just the wind shaking it.

By JenK

April 18, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this

TO ALL YOU SMARTELLICS ON THIS BOARD If the people said they felt it, they did. I know I did, in East Cobb. And, uh, lets see…I’m reading some posts that are exactly what I felt - about 3 mild shakes. You know, why do you have to be such cynical know-it-alls? Oh, I know - you do NOT have “seismologist” after your name…..DA????? Yeah, there always has to be one smart_ in the bunch. In this case, several. Go blog with people on your level, PLEASE!

By JenK

April 18, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

TO ALL YOU SMARTELLICS ON THIS BOARD If the people said they felt it, they did. I know I did, in East Cobb. And, uh, lets see…I’m reading some posts that are exactly what I felt - about 3 mild shakes. You know, why do you have to be such cynical know-it-alls? Oh, I know - you do NOT have “seismologist” after your name…..DA????? Yeah, there always has to be one smart_ in the bunch. In this case, several. Go blog with people on your level, PLEASE!

By JenK

April 18, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

TO ALL YOU SMARTELLICS ON THIS BOARD If the people said they felt it, they did. I know I did, in East Cobb. And, uh, lets see…I’m reading some posts that are exactly what I felt - about 3 mild shakes. You know, why do you have to be such cynical know-it-alls? Oh, I know - you do NOT have “seismologist” after your name…..DA????? Yeah, there always has to be one smart_ in the bunch. In this case, several. Go blog with people on your level, PLEASE!

By Sherry

April 18, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

I was at my daughters Dr. app. this morning about 11am ona 2nd floor in Ft. Wayne Indiana. And all the sudden this room started to slowly move. I thought for a minute that i was going crazy. But after it happened the nurse came in and I questioned her about it so I could be @ peace that I did feel what I felt. She then told me that all the bottles were in the cupboards shaking and there computers were and why. Until this I had no idea about the quake. It was a very weird feeling and kinda scary after I really had time to think about it.

By ZJ

April 18, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

All I felt was a very, very, slight vibration— nothing that spelled “earthquake.” Today’s earthquake was very minor compared to the 2003 earthquake.

The 2003 earthquake was in the middle of the night and my bed moved back-and-forth. I was really tired that night but I do remember the shaking but I immediately went back to sleep.

An earthquake was centered in the Gulf of Mexico in 2007 and I felt a slight back-and-forth movement. It happened on a Saturday or a Sunday afternoon and I was reading in a chair.

The 2003 Atlanta earthquake was the strongest.

By Kathi L

April 18, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

Was there a 2nd earthquake later in the morning? i live in knox indidna

By Margaret Eskew

April 18, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this

The bed began to vibrate at shortly before 5:45 a.m. in Macon, GA in the Massee Apartments, eight stories with a basement sturdily built in 1924. The water began to gurgle in the pipes. It was frightening to feel this big building moving on the seventh floor. It’s an unforgettable sensation to awaken to the bed vibrating—reminiscent of those old motels where you could put in a quarter and the bed would vibrate. I looked out the window to see if WW III had begun. My husband was already up, sitting at the dining room table and felt the building shake. I think most people just slept right through it.

By btr8500

April 19, 2008 1:06 AM | Link to this

We felt it here in Kansas City,Kansas.

By Trevor Roach

April 21, 2008 1:09 AM | Link to this

i felt the quake at around 0430 or 0500 here at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. i’m about 45 miles north of Chicago, Illinios. i thought it was my bunk-mate going to bed returning from a watch, so i payed no attention to it until the 0600 morning muster when quite a few ppl were talking about it.

By ginny

April 21, 2008 7:41 PM | Link to this

I live in Lapeer, Michigan and was awakened by the quake at about 5:40, Friday morning. My house was shaking enough that it woke me from a sound sleep.

By shutterbug

April 21, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

At least we haven’t had anything of the 8+ magnitudes of the 4 1811-12 quakes, one of which made the Mississippi River run backwards. Check usgs.gov for more on this. You can record your own experience on the “Did you feel it?” link. The 4:37am CST quake was felt 1198 miles away in upstate New York; also near Kerney, NB; St. John, FL; MN, WS, IA, MS, and all along the eastern seaboard. I live 50 miles from the epicenters, which are just west of the Illinois-Indiana line 38 mi from Evansville, IN. As of April 21, 8PM CST, we have had a total of 25 quakes!! We woke on Fri. morning to the bed shaking for several minutes. The first (5.2) was actually 2 quakes 4 seconds apart, for those of you who felt several waves, you are not crazy! There was a small aftershock a couple hours later, and at 10:14AM CST a 4.5 was recorded. Numerous quakes less than 3.0 followed. Monday 4/21 12:38am CST, a 4.0 was recorded.

By Toni

April 24, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

I wanted to comment that I noticed Indiana was not in the list of areas that felt the quake. In actuality Indiana felt the quake and some people experienced a bit of damage behind it. Along with feeling the earthquake the first time around, a day or two later many in Indiana felt another quake. Also, the article says that midwesterners are more accustomed to earthquakes, i don’t believe this is true.