Earthquake in NW Alabama this morning

[toph]

Sounds like it originated from within the Sipsey if not real close:

Small earthquake in northwest Alabama

[Nalgene Ninja]

1.8 mag is like a fat guy falling out of his tent. 

And no I wasn't camping last night.

[Uncle Wayne]

Sounds like it originated from within the Sipsey if not real close:

Small earthquake in northwest Alabama

The epicenter was within 3 miles of the Well.  My Father-in-law said he never felt a thing.

[Jackalope]

A friend of mine went hiking over there that afternoon. One of his favorite things to do is to climb up on top of the bluff to the west of Ship Rock. He has been going up there for years and said he noticed that much of the big flat rock at the east end of that point, the end closest to Ship Rock where you can look out over the river to the south and the big "scout camp" to the north, is not there anymore. He said there has always been a smallish tree there he would hang onto while looking out over to the north that is gone and that the whole area is about half as wide as it used to be. He chalked it up to erosion but when I told him about the earthquake, we wondered if it had gotten "shaken off".

Has anyone else been up there recently (before the earthquake) and noticed the same thing?

[weathermansam]

A friend of mine went hiking over there that afternoon. One of his favorite things to do is to climb up on top of the bluff to the west of Ship Rock. He has been going up there for years and said he noticed that much of the big flat rock at the east end of that point, the end closest to Ship Rock where you can look out over the river to the south and the big "scout camp" to the north, is not there anymore. He said there has always been a smallish tree there he would hang onto while looking out over to the north that is gone and that the whole area is about half as wide as it used to be. He chalked it up to erosion but when I told him about the earthquake, we wondered if it had gotten "shaken off".

Has anyone else been up there recently (before the earthquake) and noticed the same thing?

I plan on taking a friend out to sipsey in a couple of weeks.  I'll definitely scout out ship rock while we're there.  This event reminds me of a stronger quake back in 2003 in Ft. Payne, which woke me in Gadsden.  http://en.wikipedia.org/w...i/2003_Alabama_earthquake