We just had a 4.0 earthquake in Michigan.

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Weird & unusual. Epicenter about 50 miles away, houseplants shaking, table that TV sits on rattling. My sweetie & I asked each other, "Did you see/feel that?!?" We didn't hear a truck go by, so I said it looked like an earthquake judging form how the plants were bobbing up and down. I know it's nothing compared to other places, but it was definitely different for around here. Are they fracking in Galesburg?

[sufrommich]

1. What?? Where? nt

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3. Yep. Here's the USGS link:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

We thought we were going nuts, lol. Reports of minor damage to a building in East Lansing. A lot of E. Lansing is reclaimed riverbed, so the soil is soft. Really weird feeling.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. specific quake details

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002avh#general_summary

[lamp_shade]

2. More...

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/05/02/michigan-earthquake/26773069/

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Do you live near any of these fracking sites?

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15. there is a fracking site close to it. Figures.

[gollygee]

16. How far away does a fracking site cause an earthquake

None of those look close to Galesburg (though maybe it doesn't have to be that close)

Edited again because I googled and it does look like it's close enough for the fracking to have caused it: http://www.livescience.com/45322-fracking-wastewater-farther-earthquakes.html

[Warpy]

6. Depth 5.9 Km, shallow enough to be from fracking

That sounds like most of the earthquakes I felt back in Boston. There was one exception, a 4.1 centered in Canada that sent all its energy south through bedrock. That one caused buildings (including the Victorian house I lived in) to sway pretty dramatically.

[daredtowork]

7. Will fracking start to be on the hook for property damage from quakes? nt

[hifiguy]

20. Come now. Big Bu$ine$$ accountable for the damages they cause?

Don't be silly. This is 'murka.

[gollygee]

8. I'm pretty close to the epicenter

and I am not used to earthquakes. I told my kids to run outside, because I didn't know what was happening but it sounded loud and like it might be involving my roof, and the whole house was shaking. My neighbors were all running outside too.

I was not aware of any fracking in Galesburg.

[sufrommich]

10. Well, I'm jealous.

[Siwsan]

23. I've been through a number of quakes and they always freak me out

It's like they throw off my center of gravity, or screw up the balance in my brain. It takes a couple of days before I feel back to center, again.

[sufrommich]

9. Too far away from me to feel. I remember we had one in

the Detroit area back in the 70s or early 80s. I was in the middle of getting a root canal done,my dentist thought a car hit his building until someone came in a told us it was an earthquake.

[romanic]

11. I didn't feel anything.

Central Oakland Co. Ten miles north of Detroit and I didn't feel a thing. Was the center near the Ohio border?

[gollygee]

13. No it was in SW Michigan

Galesburg, in Kalamazoo County

[catbyte]

14. No, a little south of Kalamazoo.

[etherealtruth]

12. here in Macomb County .... didn't feel it

[HereSince1628]

17. Interesting there was one in the nw burbs of Chicago a month ago ~3ish IIRC

and it was shallow, 10ish years there have been a handful, I wondered if it was ground water overdraft

[tencats]

18. Near N. side Chicago had a bit of a shaking

I'm high up in an 105 yr old factory loft building. Shook us up with sand and grit falling over my desk, some creaking sounds all around. Few of the cats were bug eyed looking up at me. Just about an hour ago.

[marym625]

19. I'm at Montrose and Wolcott

I felt it too

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21. ...

[sufrommich]

22. lol. That about covers it.

I'm in the Ann Arbor area right now,many people saying they felt it. I was in the shower and missed it I guess.

[UrbScotty]

24. Felt it in Kentwood!

My windows are open, and I wasn't sure if it was an earthquake or a heavy wind.

[gollygee]

25. upgraded to 4.2

http://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/possible-earthquake-felt-across-michigan#st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery=/?ref=tn_tnmn

[Jaydog]

26. Felt it in Kalamazoo

We were at the dog park for the Humane Society Dog Walk.
Thought it might be a truck rumbling......but it was not.
Many people felt it.

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28. I'm visiting my sweetie in Lansing, but I talked to my housemate in Grand Rapids & she said

that the whole house shook & my cats completely freaked out. Wasn't nearly as strong here.

[Motown_Johnny]

27. ~135 miles west of me (and a little south), didn't feel a thing.

I hope no body was hurt.

[catbyte]

29. I think there's been only 1 report of a building with minor damage in E. Lansing.

More could trickle in, but 4.2 isn't very powerful. Sure did feel strange, though.

[gollygee]

30. I saw a photo someone posted on facebook with a plaster crack that showed up from it

but it was an old house. I heard someone say a picture fell of the wall too. But yeah this is small stuff. Nothing serious except I did hear about the one building in E. Lansing. It must have also been an old building to have any kind of damage.

[catbyte]

31. I heard a news report that said it was an old building built on reclaimed land from the Grand River,

so that soft soil usually amplifies the waves.

[gollygee]

32. That must be why it felt so strong here

I live close but also it's pretty swampy here.

[Iliyah]

33. Keep safe!