Freckles was woken up by the earthquake this morning.

[AvoidingRealWork]

I slept through it, though.

 

[starrkers]

Night earthquakes are ... interesting.

 

[glynndah]

It was pretty hard to sleep through, although my first thought was "Cats!"

 

[OhMissScarlett]

It was pretty hard to sleep through, although my first thought was "Cats!"

I thought a mouse was in the computer hard drive because it was rattling. Then I thought it was a train or maybe a very quiet tornado.

 

[3113]

Ah-hem. Details please. Epicenter? Magnitude?

 

[glynndah]

There's another thread running around somewhere here with more details.

Magnitude: 5.2
Duration: Lasting about 4 minutes or so at 4:35 this morning.
Epicenter: New Salem, Illinois (about 40 miles from me)

 

[Guest]

I slept through it, though.

Did you snug her, make things all better?

 

[Katyusha]

I slept through it, though.

You're not alone...I slept through it too.

 

[JagFarlane]

Heh, little tidbit. Turns out the quake was felt pretty far away. My mother informed me that she was woken up by it out in NJ and apparently reports were that it was felt out in GA as well

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Heh, little tidbit. Turns out the quake was felt pretty far away. My mother informed me that she was woken up by it out in NJ and apparently reports were that it was felt out in GA as well

Nope. Never noticed it.

 

[JagFarlane]

Nope. Never noticed it.

Neither did I but I'm a heavy sleeper...she has "moms light sleep" mode...

 

[Guest]

Yuppers, the original 5.2 woke me right up (we're about 40 miles southeast of the epicenter). And, we had the additional fun of the 4.5 aftershock later in the morning, and the other 4.5 the following Monday.

 

[AvoidingRealWork]

Did you snug her, make things all better?

She wasn't as much traumatized as geeked out when we heard on the radio that what she felt an hour earlier was an earthquake.

 

[Katyusha]

Heh, little tidbit. Turns out the quake was felt pretty far away. My mother informed me that she was woken up by it out in NJ and apparently reports were that it was felt out in GA as well

I heard that on the news the day after the quake. Thought it was odd, particularly for a 5.2, but maybe quakes in the middle of the plate travel farther than quakes between the two plates.