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milily 05/02/2015

There was an earthquake today in West Michigan - yes Michigan. Not a common thing to happen here - it was freaky. 4.2 earthquake - the house was a shaking.

So far what I have read on the internet there has been reports of cracked places on a some buildings. No injuries reported yet.

beclinkay 05/02/2015

We used to live in west Michigan. I have friends talking on FB about how their homes were shaking.

Caroline04 05/02/2015

Oh Milly, that is frightening. I hope you don't have any damage. Yes, sometimes it takes a while until damages, such as cracks, are detected because they're not always visible. Glad there hasn't been any injuries,sure it will be on the news. Take care!

LeoX3 05/02/2015

Everyone okay up that way? We had a 6-pointer here in Virginia 3 1/2 years ago that was terrifying, and I *knew* we got them here (minor fault line, but never one that strong).... Hope all are okay and that nothing serious will result.

skinnybinny 05/02/2015

That is rare for Michigan. I lived in Muskegon in the 7th grade, saw a lot of tornado but no earthquake. I remember a big shaker as a child in Utah, and now that I live in earthquake county California it's a common occurrence.

They are frightening and can cause a lot of damage.

It seems the whole earth is moving around right now, with two big earthquakes in Nepal and Mexico, and the Chile volcano as well as and underwater one off the coast of Oregon erupting this week.

Wonderbaby 05/02/2015

I was just reading about how the quake out in Nepal sent like a wave like effect of readings all across the globe. The only area with "less" fault lines is spread out between the Dakotas and Montana areas down to Colorado. Everything else should expect them, rare or not.

I'd freak out. Hand me a slew of tornadoes any day over a single little quake.

Glad you're okay!

LeoX3 05/02/2015

I follow quake data on USGS, and a quake like Nepal sort of hits the earth like a ithe planet is a spherical "gong" and things shiver a long way away.... It could've possibly caused a twinge in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which saw a small quake today also. (In western TN, in fact.) Nerded out, but we here in Virginia have been waiting for our little local fault to give us a jolt. Meteor strikes do it, too. Also, there can be unrelated "swarms" of quake activity simply because Earth's a busy busy place. The big volcano in Chile erupted not so many days ago, too (before Nepal quake), for example.

The good news is, if our planet *isn't* moving? That's *bad*.

Safety and prayers to everyone:-)

bluesun 05/02/2015

Glad there aren't any injuries! I remember the quake here in Hawaii in 2006, it was pretty freaky!

gramybear 05/02/2015

I know how scary that is. I live in California. Had a really bad one years back. I was on the freeway and it felt like all of my tires went flat. I think it was a 7.5. Hugs GB

skinnybinny 05/03/2015

Coincidence, we had a swarm of small quakes in the SF Bay Area this afternoon.

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