Ohio Earthquake

[boogerred]

From the usgs

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 3.4
Date-Time Friday, April 24, 2009 at 13:42:48 UTC
Friday, April 24, 2009 at 09:42:48 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 38.962°N, 82.597°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region OHIO
Distances 8 km (5 miles) NNW (343°) from Oak Hill, OH
10 km (6 miles) SSE (159°) from Jackson, OH
17 km (10 miles) S (176°) from Coalton, OH
40 km (25 miles) NE (53°) from Portsmouth, OH
119 km (74 miles) SSE (163°) from Columbus, OH
278 km (173 miles) SW (235°) from Pittsburgh, PA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8 km (5.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 15, Nph= 15, Dmin=145 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2009fva1

[Orange and Brown]

Didn't feel a thing!

[boogerred]

my students at Buckeye Hills Career Center were scared and were talking about the end of the world.

[Orange and Brown]

my students at Buckeye Hills Career Center were scared and were talking about the end of the world.

We are all going to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MTSWNGRVSG]

Nothing where I am at but my son felt it at home.

[KC Java]

It rattled the image on a projector I was using in Chester.

[Lil&BigBucksMom]

It rattled my desk on SR 56 @ 5 miles outside Nelsonville!

[boogerred]

Imagine being in surgery and then an earthquake hitting.

[MTSWNGRVSG]

One guy mentioned what if you were a coal miner and underground when it happened?

[boogerred]

Two Words: Soiled Drawers!

[Bobby Love]

axis of the earth is shifting. oak hill now center of the earth after basketball state title.

[theassassin]

are they now saying it was centered in gallia county?

[85inside]

who farted?

[earp]

That was just a Norm Persin foot stomp!

[Keyser_sozeThrice]

Oak Hill was the epicenter of high school basketball in the state of Ohio throughout the month of March.

For a short time on Friday, it was just an epicenter period.

[theassassin]

here is part of an article found on wsaz website. apparently these little tremors are common around the world


According to the USGS Website, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake has been reported about four miles west of Gallipolis, Ohio. The USGS initially reported that the quake was a 3.4 with an epicenter was near Jackson, but since updated the location and weakened the intensity. According to government officials, the earthquake centered about 3.1 miles underground.

The earthquake was first reported at 9:42 a.m. Friday.

Residents living in and around Gallia County have called to report they felt the ground shake, as well as some office and apartment buildings.

So far no damage has been reported.

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake is considered minor and often felt, but no serious damage is reported.

According to the USGS website, eight minor earthquakes have already been reported across the world as of 10:00 a.m. Friday.

[boogerred]

And I thought i was the only nerd on here. As soon as it happened I pulled up the usgs web page.

[MTSWNGRVSG]

booger red-you were not the only one that went to that site!

[boogerred]

I know; I figured others would. I was just talking about how within 30 seconds of it happening I went there.

[MTSWNGRVSG]

Some of us did not even feel it.