Whazzat?

[stoutfellow]

I think we just had an earthquake.

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[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

Yup, according to NPR this morning, we did.

It may have woken me up, too, but since I often wake up early and then go back to sleep I didn't realize it at the time.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

I was already up. (I've gotten into the ungodly habit of rising around 4 AM, for some reason.) There was one very short shock - less than half a second, I'd guess - and then a slightly longer and stronger one, at which point I grabbed Murphy and ducked under the doorframe.

The only real effect was that a couple of papers fell out of my overflowing waste basket.

[allyra.livejournal.com]

Apparently, you did! (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18/illinois.earthquake/index.html)

[xinef.livejournal.com]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-90.-80.php

[xinef.livejournal.com]

Also http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/last_event_states/states_illinois.html

[kattsune.livejournal.com]

A real, credible earthquake. Weird, huh? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. After all, we live near a major fault line, but still...

It did make me realize that our house isn't equipped for emergencies as well as it could be. Fire, earthquakes, zombie invasions... we've been slacking.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

It's the second one I've felt here. The first was just after I came, and was considerably longer and stronger (though not significantly damaging).

In all the years I spent in California, I only felt one quake. (Admittedly, it was longer and stronger than either of these.)

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! On the lack of damage, that is.