AUBURN, Neb.
A minor earthquake that was centered under the Auburn area Wednesday night was felt as far away as Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The USGS reported the 3.5 magnitude earthquake just before 9 p.m.

Minor damage was reported, including plaster damage to buildings and cracks in house foundations. No injuries have been reported.

Viewers reported feeling the quake in Brock, Tecumseh, and Hamburg, Iowa, in addition to Auburn and Peru. The Nemaha County Sheriff’s Department said the quake was felt all over the county.

The earthquake was felt in four states and as far away as Blue Springs, Mo., 207 miles away, and Hastings, Neb.

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  1. Cursor_ says:

    Looks like it was a New Madrid shift from the area affected.

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  2. Dallas says:

    Clearly, God is not happy about Nebraska’s ban on gay marriage. No earthquake felt in Iowa.

  3. Curtis E. Flush says:

    3.5? That’s no earthquake!

  4. Floyd says:

    Call us when the quake’s a 5.0, unless the 3.5 can be traced to the New Madrid fault. Then it’s time to get concerned.

    More about the New Madrid fault here, which is supposedly quiet.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

    USGS has more about quakes, if you want to dig a bit.

  5. chuck says:

    More evidence of man-made climate change.
    The science is in!

  6. Breetai says:

    In Nebraska?! Christ I hope it wasn’t caused by yellowstone.

  7. ArianeB says:

    Yeah 3.5 is more of a “ride” than an earthquake.

  8. Jim says:

    The Conspiracy version of the story. http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1310.htm

  9. amodedoma says:

    Maybe the pressure is building under the midwest, maybe Yellowstone is getting ready to awaken. Now that would be cataclysmic!

  10. Lou says:

    Slow news day ?

  11. Ah_Yea says:

    It’s Mother Nature’s response to Copenhagen.

  12. Faxon says:

    Yes. Of course. Remember “The Day After Tomorrow”?Yellowstone blows up and the whole country is covered with ice and snow? Hell freezes over. That would be GREAT! We would finally be done with Fat Albert and his sycophants.

  13. Toxic Asshead says:

    That wasn’t an earthquake. It was Algore and Michael Moore slowdancing.

  14. Buzz says:

    O.M.G!

  15. JimR says:

    Breaking News!

    An International Panel on anthropogenic Plate Change (IPPC) has engaged 2000 health care scientists, who have already submitted proposals for studies to prove that overweight Americans are causing earthquakes. Canadians are suspicious as the tips of glaciers in the Arctic have been shearing off more frequently around 6:00 PM… just as Americans sit down to dinner. Closer to home, Nebraska experienced a quake of 3.5 magnitude around 9 PM, when Americans sat down to watch TV. One Nebraskan suggested the quake was mild due to couches. The IPPC will be issuing dire warnings to the UN, just as soon as scientists submit their findings.

  16. canucklehead says:

    3.5 = a train going by.

    Name me a place in the world that hasn’t had a 3.5

    [Uh… Florida. – ed.]

  17. Mark T. says:

    OMG! Then it makes perfect sense for the Dems to close the SAC base in Nebraska! But it will have absolutely nothing to do with Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson failing to sign on to the Senate’s version of Obamacare. Perish the thought.

  18. Somebody_Else says:

    We get these tiny magnitude 2-3 earthquakes now and then down in Oklahoma.

  19. Animby says:

    Three point five? Whew! At last a disaster FEMA can handle.

  20. Winston_Smith says:

    “. . . and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

  21. soringonwings says:

    this is signings of a AWAKEUP call too all man on the earth Read your Bible if you don’t have one get one NOW Jesuse is coming soon very very very soon!!! AWAKEUP WORLD The end is very near find your saver creater now!!! God loves you all this is no joke AWAKEN TOO WHO GOD IS!!! While there is still alittle spic of time left In a blink of an eye Jesus is here are you Ready to meet your maker ???????


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