We had a minor (4.3) quake this morning, around 5:22 AM. The event was about 20 miles from the house, according to the USGS report that showed up in my email-box a few minutes afterward. So, according to the USGS this was a minor event.
According to The Cat, the sky is falling, the world as we know it is coming to an end, and let the Rapture begin.
According to the USGS report, the epicenter was about 15 miles north and 3.2 miles underground. According to The Cat, the epicenter was in the front yard and just slightly below the caliche level that stunts the growth of the trees around the property (about 15 inches down).
According to what I felt, the quake lasted just under 30 seconds. According to The Cat, it lasted just over four hours, and is probably still be going on.
As soon as the event is over for The Cat, I will coax her down off the ceiling with a plate of tuna. With my luck, however, we'll have a goodly aftershock just as I open the can, and we'll never hear the end of it.
California has had its share of natural and manmade disasters over the past few days. At this writing, our home turf is not in danger. We're keeping The Cat away from the tv set, though. She does tend to blow things out of proportion, and she'd probably figure out how to dial 9-1-1 whilst laboring under the delusion that the garage is ablaze.
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