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May 24, 2017 1:46 PM
lol only a 3.4 but just a few miles away. Very weird feeling.
May 24, 2017 1:46pm
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May 24, 2017 1:53 PM
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May 24, 2017 1:59 PM
Where was this?
May 24, 2017 1:59pm
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May 24, 2017 2:05 PM
Southeastern Ohio, I think.

Ironman92, what exactly did you feel? Any ground shaking?

I can remember two earthquakes that registered in central Ohio. During the first in 1980, I was driving, didn't feel anything, but I remember listening to the radio, and you could hear the needle suddenly skip and run across the entire record. The DJ was very apologetic, he said, "Sorry about that - I have no idea why it did that".

During the second one around 1986, I was trying to go to sleep late one night, and a few loose dishes in my cupboard started rattling for 4 or 5 seconds, like there was some vibration. I remember hearing the vibration and kind of a low hum, but I don't think I actually felt anything.
May 24, 2017 2:05pm
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May 24, 2017 2:06 PM
SnotBubbles;1854945 wrote:Where was this?
Earthquake was centered about a mile south of McArthur
May 24, 2017 2:06pm
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May 24, 2017 2:09 PM
Zunardo;1854947 wrote:Southeastern Ohio, I think.

Ironman92, what exactly did you feel? Any ground shaking?

I can remember two earthquakes that registered in central Ohio. During the first in 1980, I was driving, didn't feel anything, but I remember listening to the radio, and you could hear the needle suddenly skip and run across the entire record. The DJ was very apologetic, he said, "Sorry about that - I have no idea why it did that".

During the second one around 1986, I was trying to go to sleep late one night, and a few loose dishes in my cupboard started rattling for 4 or 5 seconds, like there was some vibration. I remember hearing the vibration and kind of a low hum, but I don't think I actually felt anything.
The one in '86 was a big one, or from my memory it seemed to be. I can remember it rattled the house and broke some dishes. I don't remember the 80 quake. I will have to ask my parents if they remember that one.
May 24, 2017 2:09pm
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May 24, 2017 2:11 PM
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May 24, 2017 2:16 PM
Ironman92;1854942 wrote:lol only a 3.4 but just a few miles away. Very weird feeling.
...any fracking going on in that area?
May 24, 2017 2:16pm
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May 24, 2017 2:33 PM
I was about 15 miles away and my daughter was within 7 miles of it. Where I was at it was like someone with a 70's sports car with a ridiculous engine was in the driveway....maybe a nascar type rumble. 3 of in the room just looked at each other like what the hell is going on.
May 24, 2017 2:33pm
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May 24, 2017 2:41 PM
4cards;1854951 wrote:...any fracking going on in that area?
Looks like some drilling about 20 or miles away from where this occurred. I'm not real savvy on fracking though.

May 24, 2017 2:41pm
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May 24, 2017 2:56 PM
The one is 1986 SE of Cleveland and a 5.0 on the Richter Scale.

I was in 1st grade at the time, our grade school was a 3 story building and my class was on the top floor and was just outside of Akron, OH.

We definitely felt it being on the 3rd floor, remember it to this day. Nothing that ruined my shorts, but definitely scary to a 7 year old.

The classes on the first floor didn't even know it had happened...
May 24, 2017 2:56pm
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May 24, 2017 3:24 PM
Ironman92;1854955 wrote: I'm not real savvy on fracking though.
What I know about drilling I learned from this guy.

May 24, 2017 3:24pm
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May 24, 2017 4:09 PM
Prayers from Dayton.
May 24, 2017 4:09pm
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May 24, 2017 7:17 PM
Mcarthur Ohio, Vinton county. Used to be known for its large dynamite plant.

[FONT=&amp]"During the late nineteenth century, iron ore and coal mining were major businesses in the county."

Conspiracy theorist believe combining the mining history along with current fracking not far away, is indeed the cause.

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May 24, 2017 7:17pm
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May 25, 2017 10:53 AM
salto;1854981 wrote:Mcarthur Ohio, Vinton county. Used to be known for its large dynamite plant.

[FONT=&amp]"During the late nineteenth century, iron ore and coal mining were major businesses in the county."

Conspiracy theorist believe combining the mining history along with current fracking not far away, is indeed the cause.

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Austin Powder still remains one of the main employers of that woeful county....it's far from where this took place.
May 25, 2017 10:53am
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May 25, 2017 11:06 AM
Ironman92;1855058 wrote:Austin Powder still remains one of the main employers of that woeful county....it's far from where this took place.
Oh, thought the quake was in McArthur.
May 25, 2017 11:06am
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May 25, 2017 11:11 AM
salto;1855042 wrote:Dafuk is up with Shelby county?
Intersection of two fault lines near Anna.
May 25, 2017 11:11am
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May 25, 2017 3:54 PM
salto;1855064 wrote:Oh, thought the quake was in McArthur.
Just a mile south I believe....roughly miles from the Austin Powder plant
May 25, 2017 3:54pm
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May 25, 2017 5:33 PM
Ironman92;1855132 wrote:Just a mile south I believe....roughly miles from the Austin Powder plant
Suppose I was considering earthquakes hit a fairly large area, as in multiple square miles. That (pretty much) includes all of McArthur. Had no success searching Google, for the locations of closed mines in Vinton county.
May 25, 2017 5:33pm
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May 28, 2017 3:00 AM
When I was way younger (Licking County) I was in the family room of my grandparents house, laying in a recliner watching some "You cant do that on Television. When My Mother and both Grandparents yell into the living room: "Stop jumping around!". To which I said, "I'm not?" When they looked in at me sitting there it shook even harder. Still one of the strangest things I have ever experienced. Then again, it was the 80's, lots of strange stuff happened back then.
May 28, 2017 3:00am
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Jun 3, 2017 9:04 AM
Anything from last night 11:08PM?
Jun 3, 2017 9:04am