senoritafish | local quakes...

I didn't feel the larger one yesterday afternoon, the one centered near Mexicali, because I was driving home from the grocery store. The kids had just gotten home from spending the day with their grandma, and ran to the car as I parked, yelling "Did you feel that?!"

This morning I woke up early and was doing some work on my laptop - I wanted to send something to my boss before I actually went in - and suddenly all the furniture gave a short, sharp creak. I didn't really feel anything myself, and had the lights out so I didn't notice if the lamp over the desk started swinging, but the sound came from several directions. Sure enough, there was a small one under Fountain Vallery (2.9, so considered a microquake) at 5:57 am.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/ci/14613044/us/index.html