No damage has been reported, but a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported in Newbern-Dyer County at 3:40 a.m. today. Newbern is about 10 miles east of Dyersburg. In the past 24 hours, Tennessee had 1 quake of magnitude 3.1 and 2 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 2 quakes below magnitude 2.0, which people don’t normally feel.

 

https://talknwesttn.com/earthquake-registering-3-1-reported-in-newbern-today/

 

This one was close to the New Madrid Fault.

Setting up for the big one??

3 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

Setting up for the big one??

Doubtful, but there is always that chance. 

 

I've been thinking about this since @nWo posted the other thread about the New Madrid earthquake of 1811.

 

The initial earthquake of 1811 happened at/near 2am in the morning. I've thought to myself what a "shock" to the system that must have been to be awakened in the dead of night. If that were to happen today, what would be the best time of day for an earthquake to happen in terms of survival? Would it be at night or day? 

 

It would be devastating no matter what but is it better for it to happen when people are at home asleep or when people are out and about, working and what not. Either way, I hope not to experience such an event. I work in a pipeline industry (mainly natural gas). It would certainly be a major catastrophic event. 

14 minutes ago, Kentucky Windage said:

Doubtful, but there is always that chance. 

 

I've been thinking about this since @nWo posted the other thread about the New Madrid earthquake of 1811.

 

The initial earthquake of 1811 happened at/near 2am in the morning. I've thought to myself what a "shock" to the system that must have been to be awakened in the dead of night. If that were to happen today, what would be the best time of day for an earthquake to happen in terms of survival? Would it be at night or day? 

 

It would be devastating no matter what but is it better for it to happen when people are at home asleep or when people are out and about, working and what not. Either way, I hope not to experience such an event. I work in a pipeline industry (mainly natural gas). It would certainly be a major catastrophic event. 

I think day time would definitely be best case scenario, at least for awareness. There are so many people who are heavy sleepers, I can see many getting trapped/killed before they ever wake up. Same thing with severe weather. At night, it's always worse. 

I was in a small quake when I was young in St. Louis. Nothing major, but it is unsettling to have the ground move and there's nothing you can do.