My California Quake

So... this will probably not make the news or anything... but Santa Barbara just had a little earthquake all to itself!! As you can see... the center of the earthquake was right out my back door! That line is only about 2 miles as the bird flies!

I was actually awake working when it hit... and wasn't quite sure what it was. I actually got up from my desk and went outside to see if anything was swaying or if animals were making any noises... but there was nothing. I then proceeded to my favorite USGS site to check out how much California is shakin'... and again found nothing.

So off to sleep I went... to catch myself a little three hour nap before a conference call I had this morning... not really thinking too much about it. When I woke up... there was an email from DJ asking me how much I had swayed around. A return trip to the USGS site revealed this:

So I hadn't been crazy... there actually was a little earthquake... and it was right out my back door!