Did you feel it: Earthquake hits small town near Nebraska-Kansas border

UP. MAT. ALL RIGHT. LOTS TO KEEP OUR EYES ON. THANKS. LUKE DID YOU FEEL YOUR HOME SHAKING THIS AFTERNOON? IF SO, YOU’RE NOT IMAGINING IT AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE. PEOPLE ACROSS THE METRO TOLD KETV THEY FELT THE GROUND SHAKE THIS AFTERNOON. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTED A 4.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT IN NEBRASKA. THAT’S ABOUT THREE HOURS AWAY FROM OMAHA. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S BETH CARLSON SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN RIGHT NEAR THE EPICENTER, AND PEOPLE IN THE METRO WHO FELT THE RUMBLES. IT WAS EERIE. THAT’S HOW I DESCRIBE IT. VERY EERIE. THAT’S HOW LESLIE LEMKE DESCRIBES THE 4.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK HER HOME IN WEBSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THE FLOOR STARTED TO SHAKE, AND THEN IT GOT LOUDER. AND THEN I HAD THREE PICTURES FALL OFF THE WALL. AND I WOULD SAY IT LASTED WHERE I’M AT. PROBABLY 10 TO 12 SECONDS. AND SO I JUST BRACED MYSELF AND JUST STOOD THERE AND GRABBED ON TO THE BATHROOM COUNTER. USGS PLACED THE EPICENTER JUST MILES FROM HER HOME, BUT EVEN IN THE METRO, THE RUMBLINGS RIPPLED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WAS LIKE LITTLE SHIFTS. IT WAS JUST BACK AND FORTH. AND THEN I LOOKED AND SOME STUFF IN MY ROOM IS JUST KIND OF RIPPLING AND SHAKING A BIT, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT IS THAT KIND OF HURT? A LITTLE VIBRATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE DESK, WITH THE PRINTER WHEN I WAS THERE, BUT I DIDN’T REALIZE IT WAS ACTUALLY EARTHQUAKE AT THE TIME. NOT EVERYONE WE SPOKE TO FELT THE GROUND SHAKE, BUT AS OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER EXPLAINED, YOU CAN FEEL THAT MAYBE UP TO 150 TO 200 MILES AWAY. NOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE DAMAGE THAT USUALLY WOULD HAPPEN FIVE OR GREATER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO THE SIX ON THE RICHTER SCALE. THAT’S WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. EARTHQUAKES ARE PRETTY RARE IN NEBRASKA. FOUR ON THE RICHTER SCALE OFTEN ONLY CAUSES MINOR DAMAGE, BUT LEMKE SAYS IT CAN STILL SHAKE YOU. YOU TRY TO STAY CALM, BUT YOU’RE ALSO LIKE, AM I HEARING AND FEELING WHAT I’M FEELING AND HEARING? BETH CARLSON, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. WEBSTER COUNTY DISPATCH CONFIRMED TWO KETV. THERE WERE NO CALLS MADE FOR DAMAGE OR INJURIES IN THE AREA. THE LAST EARTHQUAKE ABOVE A FOUR ON THE RICHTER SCALE