By Randy Tucker, Staff Writer Updated 3:27 PM Thursday, December 30, 2010DAYTON — Miami Valley residents were rocked by aftershocks from a 3.8 magnitude earthquake near Kokomo, Ind., Thursday morning, but, so far, no damage or serious injuries have been reported locally.
“I haven’t heard of any damage in Ohio yet, but I’m still gathering information,” said Michael Hansen of the Ohio Seismic Network in Columbus about an hour after the earthquake occurred at 7:55 a.m.
Hansen described the earthquake as “unusual” for this region but nothing major.
“For this part of the world that is bigger than we usually get,” he said. “They don’t come along all that often, but a 4 (magnitude) is still not a very large earthquake.”
The U.S. Geological Survey initially said quake registered at 4.2 on the Richter scale. The agency later downgraded it to 3.8.
Hansen said any aftershocks felt in Southwest Ohio would likely be about half as powerful as the original shaker.
Still, the aftershocks were powerful enough to shake the nerves of a number of Miami Valley residents this morning. Law enforcement officials received reports of tremors from Kettering, Butler Twp., Vandalia, Huber Heights and in parts of Warren County.
April Cook, an administrative assistant for the city of Miamisburg, felt the aftershock in her Centerville kitchen.
“It startled me,” said Cook, adding that the aftershock lasted several seconds. “I live in an apartment building and at first I thought it was someone in the next apartment. It felt like they were trying to break the wall down. Then I heard about it on the radio.”
Jo Ella Michael of Arcanum, Ohio, was sitting at the kitchen table when her house began to shake.
“The house shook and items on the counter rattled,’’ she said. “This was just before 8 a.m. Thankful that’s all there was to it.”
Hansen said aftershocks generally pose less of a threat than the earthquakes that spawn them.
“Aftershocks by definition are smaller than the main shock, and most of those, if there are very many, would be in the 2-3 magnitude range,” Hansen said. “Most people would be surprised to learn that Ohio has had eight earthquakes this year in the 2-3 magnitude range.”
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2000 or flastname@DaytonDailyNews.com.
Wow, I was up letting the dog out on my Cane since after my accident in October, My Right ankle is still swallen and hurts to walk much on!
Didnt Feel the earthquake but heard the news at 8am while I was cooking Breakfast today!
Hope noone is damaged from the earthquake. While in the Navy I was in Califonia on the USS Vincennes when the terrible EarthQuake destroyed Oakland and Killed many of us!.
God Bless The USA!
Danny Charles Denney
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