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I missed this. And I'm sleeping carppy these days.

By The Armorer on March 27, 2007 | | Comments (6)
News from The Adjutant General's Department

Kansas Army National Guard Kansas Air National Guard Kansas Emergency Management Kansas Homeland Security Civil Air Patrol

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2007

No. 07-038

MINOR EARTHQUAKE HITS KANSAS

Did you feel it?

Most Kansans probably felt nothing, but an earthquake was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey on Friday, March 23, at 3:15 a.m.

The quake, which registered a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale, was centered at 39.463 degrees north, 95.340 degrees west, which is about 3 miles north of Nortonville and 35 miles north-northeast from Topeka .

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management did not receive any reports of injuries or damages as a result of the quake.

Earthquakes are a relatively rare occurrence in the state. The earliest recorded instance occurred April 24, 1867. Several minor injuries were reported and minor damage was reported in Lawrence and Manhattan . The tremor was felt over an area of 300,000 square miles in Kansas , Missouri , Nebraska , Arkansas , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , and possibly Ohio. This quake was possibly the greatest magnitude that ever occurred in Kansas . Since then, some 14 quakes of various magnitudes have been felt in the state.

The Armorer slipping on a cold slimy hairball and falling flat on his keister registers higher than that. California, we ain't!

Flip side - a bunch of little tremors, releasing pressure along a slip-fault ain't a bad thing. Better than one big adjustment. Of course, if the slippage is just *increasing* the tension somewhere else... let's hope that somewhere else is out in the Gulf of Mexico, safely far from oil wells and of insufficient heave for a significant wave...

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By ry on March 27, 2007 3:53 AM
Heh. I've played basketball thru 3.1 earthquakes. The swaying hoop just adds to the fun and difficulty factor.
 
By BillT on March 27, 2007 7:03 AM
It isn't always the plate a couple of miles below your feet that will rattle the china. Meantime, you can while away the second cuppa by playing Connect the Dots...
 
By ibm on March 27, 2007 6:35 PM
First earthquake I ever experienced occured many years ago in Montreal at precise 03:00 local. I became conscious enough to wonder why the bed was shaking and on turning over some part of my mind noticed it was 03:00 by the bedside clock. Next morning radio comes on at 06:30 and first thing I hear is that there was an earthquake during the night. Next earthquake I felt was when I moved to Kalifornia. A 5.2 40 miles south of my locale. That was a tad more worrisome once I recognised what it was ( I thought a heavy truck might be driving by until I remembered I was some 30 yards from the road ). At that point the amplitude headed north and just as I was about to do a passable Wiley Coyote exit in cloud of dust it stopped dead.
 
By Blackhawk on March 27, 2007 7:20 PM
I blame global warming. This tremor is an obvious result of all the extra CO2 we are producing. If only we had bought more carbon credits... On a more serious note, did the resident felines react to the quake? When I lived in CA I went through a few shake ups (including that nasty one in Landers). My cat alway seemed to do two things: wake me up with a swat to the nose, then disappear just as the shaking started. Weird.
 
By Murray on March 27, 2007 9:50 PM
3.1....? BWAHAhahahahahahahaha. We'd be ashamed to even report a 3.1 here.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 27, 2007 9:51 PM
The Castle Slugabeds seem to have slept through it too. Canine and feline. Or they all ran to the doorframes and left the Master and Mistress of Argghh! to our fates, then returned when it was all clear. I wouldn't put it past them. And prolly left a hairball in the hall...
 
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