Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On!

Well, we were woke up to a lot of shaking early this morning. After a couple of seconds to figure out what was going on, we experienced something very unusual this morning...........a 5.2 magnitude earthquake located 135 miles SE of Springfield, in Southeastern Illinois. After we went and grabbed the kids and brought them back to our bed, I turned on the radio to confirm that it was an earthquake and heard where the epicenter was located. Angie and I called our parents to make sure everyone was OK down there. I was up for almost an hour listening to the radio reports and trying to comprehend what to do if another one occurred. It's not like you think about earthquakes everyday here in the Midwest. Later in the morning there was an aftershock registering 4.6 magnitude. I felt it at work and Angie immediately called me when her desk in the basement started shaking. While I was talking to her, Paul in St. Louis sent me a message asking if I felt it too, as his office building was shaking pretty well. There is some really neat information that you can find on earthquakes. Here is a poster of this morning's earthquake. There are also the seismograph readings, shakemaps (I think I just like their name), and all the details on the first earthquake and the second big aftershock this morning.