Earthquake!!!

I don't know how I forgot to tell you the most exciting thing that happened this weekend!! I felt my first Alaska earthquake! I was laying on my bed watching TV Friday afternoon when I felt what could have been a mild earthquake. It was the type of mild quake that also could have been a car driving by, construction next door, a gust of wind, etc. However, I didn't hear any cars go by (they don't go by too often but if they do I hear them) and it wasn't windy, basically there wasn't any other reason for shaking.

So, I went to the USGS website to see if there had been an earthquake. There was nothing. I was very disappointed, and figured that maybe it had been in my head. But then I refreshed and a 3.7 earthquake appeared! Being small and about 60 miles south, it would make sense that it caused just the mild shaking. Plus it had happened less than 5 minutes before it appeared online, and though I didn't look at the clock right when it happened I'm sure that was the same time.

It looks like Fairbanks gets its fair share of earthquakes, so I hope this won't be the last. In fact, there was a larger earthquake this morning, but it was another 20 miles further away and I didn't notice it. But I look forward to my next!!!