January 8, 2009

Our First

Tonight we experienced our first eathquake. It was a small one that just shook the couch for a few seconds, nothing major however I was kind of hoping I would never experience one. Below is the blurb from abc 7 web site.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- An earthquake could be felt in the Southland from San Bernardino to Los Angeles at 7:49 p.m. Thursday.
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck within 1 mile of San Bernardino at 7:49 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake was first reported by the USGS as 4.9 magnitude, then as 5.0.
No injuries were reported. A 3.3-magnitude aftershock follow nearly an hour later, followed shortly after by a 1.7 aftershock. The USGS reports were preliminary

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