According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck just before 8 a.m. ET and was three miles deep. The USGS initially reported that the quake had registered a 4.2 magnitude, but later revised the estimate. Its epicenter was located about 15 miles east-southeast of Kokomo, and 50 miles north of Indianapolis.We're about 100 miles north of there, and it was reportedly felt in four states beyond Indiana. The epicenter of the last big earthquake we had, in 2008, was much closer. There was, thankfully, no house-swaying this time; just the vague thump of reverberating seismic grumpiness.
Living in northwest Indiana was perilous enough when we only had tornadoes, lightning storms, floods, lake effect snow, and a climate that swings from a thousand percent humidity in the summer to Siberian nightmare tundra in the winter. We really don't need earthquakes, too.
I blame Mitch Daniels.
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