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We had a Earthquake

Goodie2shoes — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:24:56 GMT

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake happened at 1:27 am this morning 5.2 miles underground near Ohlman IlL about 90 miles N.E of St. Louis. There was no damage reported but it was felt in parts of the St. Louis area. I was awake but I didn't feel it Anyone on this board feel it ?

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cjm61 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:09:45 GMT

Funny @Goodie2shoes , I didn't feel yours but we did feel the 5.1 here in Southern California last night. It was many, many miles away but we felt the slight roll.

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Teddixat — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:18:55 GMT

@cjm61 It was centered near Indio/Palm Springs area

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cjm61 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:21:10 GMT

Yep @Teddixat . It was awesome we found out the center of the earthquake in less than 2 minutes. I immediately googled latest earthquake and it already had the magnitude and location 2 minutes after it happened.

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MoonieBaby — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:24:05 GMT

An earthquake, that's scary, hope everyone is okay. I only experienced one on a visit to Cali and it scared me to death. It was small and the locals said "oh, that was nothing"! to me it was giant! HUUUUUGE to me.... to them a lil bump in the night.

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retiredatlast — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:43:39 GMT

I live in Indio and the earthquake last night was about 10 miles north of my development. It was downgraded to about a 4.9 but felt much stronger since it was so close. I thought the windows in my house were going to get blown out. Everything rattled and shook, don't know how there was no damage. Thought for sure there would be. My poor cat zoomed under the dining table and after each aftershock ran behind the TV on my office hutch. She felt all the aftershocks that I didn't. I only felt 2 of them.

I am a transplant from northern CA and went through the Loma Prieta earthquake years ago. They are really scary and when they start up you just hope and pray that it will stop quickly and not be The Big One.

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icezeus — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:43:42 GMT

@MoonieBaby wrote:
An earthquake, that's scary, hope everyone is okay. I only experienced one on a visit to Cali and it scared me to death. It was small and the locals said "oh, that was nothing"! to me it was giant! HUUUUUGE to me.... to them a lil bump in the night.

@MoonieBaby

It's understandable, since it was a new experience for you.

As a Native Californian, I don't move unless it seems like it's not stopping, and how intense the shaking is.

We had one last night, 5.0 I think. something that I did not even feel. I believe I was in the shower, and people were talking about it on the FB group for my city that I belong to.

I was thinking, what earthquake?

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MoonieBaby — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:50:27 GMT

@icezeus

I could never live in Cali, though it's the prom queen of the USA - gorgeous, super nice, and abundantly natural in it's glorious beauty - but that lil shake scared the daylights outta me. So unlike Prom Queen Cali - I'm in the stable footing Philly!

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Goldengate8361 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:17:58 GMT

Wow! Earthquake in 2 places! Wow. That's all we need right now, right?

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shoekitty — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:39:53 GMT

I think it's what you get used to? I am in California, in earthquake zone. We live by 3 faults. I am born and raise here,as have were my parents and grandparents. Both my grandparents and parents don't remember quakes much as kid. They missed the 1906. I don't remember many of significance as a child either. I do remember quakes that scared me senseless since maybe 1983. We were smack in 1989 quake. I had post traumatic symptoms for years after that!, the sound and feel of a heparage door closing made my heart goo... After the '89 quake I realized the high standards of building in CA,have made things less scary. But there is dread of "the Big One". Other states have hurricanes, tornados and so much flooding. Tornadoes and hurricanes scare me silly. I guess it's the dog you know? I think it's the surprise of a quake too. Never know. We can get alerts now, but no always.

ETA. I couldn't leave California though. Quakes to me are lesser evils than tornados and hurricanes. Just me

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:24:07 GMT

@MoonieBaby wrote:
@icezeus

I could never live in Cali, though it's the prom queen of the USA - gorgeous, super nice, and abundantly natural in it's glorious beauty - but that lil shake scared the daylights outta me. So unlike Prom Queen Cali - I'm in the stable footing Philly!

@MoonieBaby @Goodie2shoes @shoekitty

Earthquakes are minor, compared to the annual tornados and hurricanes other states get.

For the most part, they are predictable ... but people stay in those areas, anyway.

Go figure.

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patbz — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:27:59 GMT

The first qhake I experienced was in Taipei and the second was in Germany. Then I moved to CA desert to "the earthquake Capitol of California"( there are many faults in that area). Frequently experienced 3 s and 4 s and occasionally 5 s. Never was a problem as there were no overpasses and only a couple of buildings more than 2 stories. Left CA in 2007 for AZ and no quakes so far but the CA city I left, Ridgecrest, got 2 huge ones in 2019: a 6.9 on Fri and then a 7.1 on Sat ( no one was hurt but infrastructure was extensively damaged. They also go thousands of aftershocks over the next couple of years.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:44:55 GMT

@patbz wrote:
The first qhake I experienced was in Taipei and the second was in Germany. Then I moved to CA desert to "the earthquake Capitol of California"( there are many faults in that area). Frequently experienced 3 s and 4 s and occasionally 5 s. Never was a problem as there were no overpasses and only a couple of buildings more than 2 stories. Left CA in 2007 for AZ and no quakes so far but the CA city I left, Ridgecrest, got 2 huge ones in 2019: a 6.9 on Fri and then a 7.1 on Sat ( no one was hurt but infrastructure was extensively damaged. They also go thousands of aftershocks over the next couple of years.

@patbz @shoekitty

I moved here (to SoCal) in the late 1970s.

When I felt my first earthquake, I was home alone ... in the shower ... naked, of course .... when things started shaking.

What an initiation!

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77yangya — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:35:09 GMT

We now get them in the NY metro area too. We had one not too long ago. Shook the whole house.

Hope everyone is okay.

Shaking is not good for a home's foundation and the piping. uh.........

Signs of the end times.

Earthquakes in different places....wars and rumors of wars....famines, disease

yeah....it's heating up. Jesus warned us of this. He would not have extended Himself if He did not want us to be ready. If not we would abandon our faith and think He is not coming for us.

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katie1859 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:57:09 GMT

I'm in Naperville Illinois

Did not feel it here, but but the south of the state near the Capitol did

Actually we get them often but people don't realize it

We are a major point along the fault

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tipsy — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:59:56 GMT

I'm in so Cal & have the Quakefeed app on my phone. Thankfully I only get alerts about the ones near me because they happen constantly, all over the world! But it's crazy to see all the locations & magnitude.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:14:16 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
We now get them in the NY metro area too. We had one not too long ago. Shook the whole house.

Hope everyone is okay.

Shaking is not good for a home's foundation and the piping. uh.........

Signs of the end times.

Earthquakes in different places....wars and rumors of wars....famines, disease

yeah....it's heating up. Jesus warned us of this. He would not have extended Himself if He did not want us to be ready. If not we would abandon our faith and think He is not coming for us.

@77yangya

Earthquakes aren't a "sign". They've been happening since forever, just like hurricanes, tornados and even rainstorms. Increased fracking has affected how often an area gets earthquakes. I believe Oklahoma has had many more earthquakes in the last decade.

Times change. Global warming is also affecting the whole planet, one way or another.

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icezeus — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:00:53 GMT

@tipsy wrote:
I'm in so Cal & have the Quakefeed app on my phone. Thankfully I only get alerts about the ones near me because they happen constantly, all over the world! But it's crazy to see all the locations & magnitude.

@tipsy

I have that same app. I was surprised by how many earthquakes occurred worldwide daily.

Alaska has many earthquakes, as does California; we are part of the "Ring of Fire".

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Carmie — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:07:48 GMT

That is scary.

A few years ago, I felt an earthquake here in PA. I was sitting at the kitchen table when the house felt like it was hit by a car.

It was so confusing, mostly because there was no sound...just a silent crash. My poor dog looked at me very confused.

We had no dmage, but the local grocery store had stuff tumble from the shelves.

That was my first experience and I hope the last with earthquakes.

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lgfan — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:48:50 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@MoonieBaby wrote:
@icezeus

I could never live in Cali, though it's the prom queen of the USA - gorgeous, super nice, and abundantly natural in it's glorious beauty - but that lil shake scared the daylights outta me. So unlike Prom Queen Cali - I'm in the stable footing Philly!

@MoonieBaby @Goodie2shoes @shoekitty

Earthquakes are minor, compared to the annual tornados and hurricanes other states get.

For the most part, they are predictable ... but people stay in those areas, anyway.

Go figure.

I agree with you. I was born and raised in California. I don't understand why earthquakes are seen as worse than hurricanes, tornadoes and floodings. I have experienced several earthquakes throughout the years but never something major like buildings collapsing.