A possible mild earthquake?

[Lyric]

I live in north central West Virginia. About 20 minutes ago, we had an incident that I suspect might have been a very mild earthquake.

I was sitting here at the computer desk, scanning through the Lounge, when I felt the house shake for a couple of seconds. My first thought was "Thunder?" but it felt like it was coming from the ground, not the sky, and it didn't happen again like thunder usually does--it's rare to hear/feel only one small thunderclap if there's a storm outside. My second thought was "Bomb"? but it doesn't seem likely that anyone would want to bomb a small city in West Virginia. Then I wondered if it might have been an earthquake.

I checked the weather radar map--some green rain around us, but no thunderstorms near. No reports of any mine blasts or explosions nearby yet. So I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe, I felt a very small earthquake. I called the National Geological Survey and reported what we felt, just in case. I'm probably wrong. It'll likely just be passing thunder, or something else not related to a seismic event. But it would be kinda cool if it actually *was* a little earthquake. I've never felt anything like that before.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I use the USGS site.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

Usually takes about a half hour or so to update.

[Lyric]

3. I see that they already have one listed for Alaska at 16:52

which would have been 2 minutes *after* what we felt here. So I'm guessing that rules out an earthquake.

I wonder what it was, then? *goes to check the local news*

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. I don't think that rules it out.

They'd be using different seismometers. Maybe different people are in charge of reporting it.

That said, I thought I felt an earthquake more often than I was really in an earthquake. So it's probably a false alarm.

[Lyric]

4. Delete--dupe

[SPKrazy]

2. Coal Mines Exploding?

don't know

earthquakes are pretty distinctive feeling usually some shake rattle and roll for a few seconds or so.

[kay1864]

6. ...

I've never felt anything like that before.

That's because you've never been with me!









Well somebody had to say it... :P

[Lyric]

7. *rofl*

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[kay1864]

8. Bay-bee, trust me...

You won't have the energy to be doin' any spanking! }(









Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week....

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. No quakes within 500 miles of you

Please note that the U.S. Geological Survey does not record seismic events generated by humans, so this map is not necessarily inclusive.