QUOTE (Lancaster Online @ Dec 28 2008, 01:21 AM)
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Several days before the quake, which I slept through, I felt what I thought were two explosions followed by a shake. I live w/i 100 yd. of the Fruitville Pike fault and I immediately thought earthquake. I even went online to see if a small quake had been reported. Is there a site that shows the daily seismic activity leading up to the Dec. 27, quake? This is the second time I felt the quake just days before the actual event.
Prior to the last quake, we had a violent, late-night thunderstorm. Though the lightning strikes were not that close, the shock waves seemed to gather force (10 - 15 sec) as they approached. It sounded and felt like a train was approaching my house and when it hit my place, the entire home shook so violently that I thought my windows were going to break. I called MU to report the event. Several days later a quake occurred and I felt nothing. Is it possible that energy is stored in the rocks (I live at the foot of Blossom Hill) and somehow amplified by my proximity to the fault? Could minor local events be precursors to the big events? What's really strange is that I didn't notice the actual quakes, but would have sworn I had experienced a quake just days before.
