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Shaking! Literally!!

I am really surprised that we didn't feel it at all, we are about 2 hours from there, as well! We DO have a railroad track just one street over from us and trains run every 45 minutes, at least, and we already feel vibration in our old 1911 house because of it...I am going to Google to see if the news here talked about it at all!

It's crazy, the first weekend that we fully moved into this house the train actually derailed!! Tim's Aunt and her husband were here visiting us and every time we would drive along the tiny road that runs beside the tracks she would talk about how insane it is that the train can run along such small tracks...it's like she jinxed the train! It actually derailed about 15 minutes after they left our house to travel back home! There were a few cars that ended up off the tracks and if I remember correctly it was coal that was spilled out...it happened right here in our tiny town square! We heard mega huge booms and then the firehouse's siren went off for a minute or two. It wasn't until my son was leaving for work that he saw the train and he messaged us pics and we found out what those booms were and why the siren went off :thud:
I've always thought a train derailment would be a horrible thing to be near, Jenn, from photos I've seen, and stories I heard as a child from my uncle who worked for a railroad. I'm glad your home wasn't any closer to the derailment you heard.
 
That's still pretty shallow. Just thankful youre okay.
Thanks, Tracy. I was reading yesterday that earthquakes in the East are felt over a much larger distance and by more people, than those in the west. They said the seismic waves from earthquakes spread more efficiently in the Eastern U.S. compared to the West because of the region’s geology. Makes me want to move back to OR! :crying1:
 
Okay, so our WHNT news says that they felt the quake in their studio this morning...I totally slept through it all...my daughter told me that she didn't feel anything, waiting for my husband and oldest daughter to reply to my message.

Edited to add that my husband didn't...my oldest daughter was probably asleep, as well, and didn't feel anything. SO weird that they would feel it in Huntsville but we didn't...we are only 35/45 minutes away from them!

Edited again to say that we have a TON of stone under us here, our backyard is a small mountain, maybe that made a difference?
That is odd, they felt it so near you, but y'all didn't. I was talking to a neighbor on the ground floor yesterday and she said she didn't feel anything! Another lady came up and started talking about how scary the earthquake was. So odd her apartment and mine were shaking like crazy, but the lady on the ground floor of my building didn't feel a thing. I guess she is just more 'grounded' than the rest of us! :rolleyes:
 
Goodness Betty Joe, that would have been so scary!! I am so thankful we don't live in areas where there are frequent earthquakes or tornadoes, cyclones etc for that matter. Apparently on our little island down here there was a very small earth tremor last year but it was over on the east coast of the island. Sending lots of positive vibes your way Betty Jo that there are no follow up tremors and Tracy what great advice............. I always wondered about the 'getting underneath' something part, to me it didn't make sense as common sense would dictate that everything would fall on top of you!
Thanks, Ona. They are saying a five percent chance of an aftershock, so hopefully there won't be one. In all my years, it was one of the scariest situations. I never realized how severe the fault is under TN until I started researching yesterday. I always thought of them being in the western part of the US. We used to live just minutes from where this happened. It's actually where we lived in 2008 when my husband passed. I'm certainly glad I relocated after that back to NC.
 
My brother lives in Crossville TN he said he didn't feel a thing. He is deaf now so wouldn't hear it but his girlfriend didn't hear anything.
They are only about an hour away from it. It's amazing they didn't feel or hear anything, Debby. I'm glad they didn't and that they are alright.
 
I've always thought a train derailment would be a horrible thing to be near, Jenn, from photos I've seen, and stories I heard as a child from my uncle who worked for a railroad. I'm glad your home wasn't any closer to the derailment you heard.
Yeah, thankfully none of the houses or buildings that are RIGHT there at the tracks were harmed, mainly a yard or two had debris...it is amazing!!
 
Oh how scary. We have lived through 1 hurricane. My husband I were in Montery, California when the big earthquake of Oct. 1989 happened in San Francisco. My daughter was 1 month old and her crib was next to a bookcase, due to space issues and we never thought this would happen. But, that day decided to nap downstairs and she was next to us in a porta crib as be well napped on the couch.
 
Oh how scary. We have lived through 1 hurricane. My husband I were in Montery, California when the big earthquake of Oct. 1989 happened in San Francisco. My daughter was 1 month old and her crib was next to a bookcase, due to space issues and we never thought this would happen. But, that day decided to nap downstairs and she was next to us in a porta crib as be well napped on the couch.
I grew up in central Florida, US, and went through many hurricanes, the first one I was only three days old and we stayed overnight in our barn because it was more stable than our house at the time. Of course, I don't remember it, but was told about it many times. But, this shaking from the earthquake was scarier to me than any hurricanes I've experienced. Later, our homes in Florida were made of cement blocks, not wood like my apartment here, so nothing shook during the hurricanes. I remember about the 1989 earthquake near San Francisco. That must have been soooo scary for you. Since starting this thread I've figured out several 'safe' places for me if one should hit here, or near here.
 
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