Shake, Rattle & Roll!

Yep, this morning I woke up to an earthquake!! It wasn't very big and didn't last long - but it still was exciting!! Brandi & I both were up right away and turned on Komo to see what they said. It took them almost 10 minutes before Komo mentioned it and then a little longer for it to be confirmed! For awhile, Brandi & I thought we might have imagined it! But it finally was confirmed at a 4.5 magnitude.

I woke up to hear stuff rattling - and before I could figure out what it was everything started shaking and it was obvious it was an earthquake.

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Information from the http://www.usgs.gov/ website:
Magnitude: 4.5
Date-Time: Friday, January 30, 2009 at 05:25:03 AM at epicenter
Location: 47.772°N, 122.557°W
Depth: 58.3 km (36.2 miles) set by location program
Region: SEATTLE-TACOMA URBAN AREA, WASHINGTON
Distances
3 km (2 miles) NW (313°) from Indianola, WA
5 km (3 miles) N (7°) from Suquamish, WA
5 km (3 miles) SW (236°) from Kingston, WA
23 km (14 miles) NW (314°) from Seattle, WA
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 1.4 km (0.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters: NST= 34, Nph= 34, Dmin=26 km, Rmss=0.26 sec, Gp= 50°,M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source: Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
Event ID: uw01301325
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This was nothing compared to the 6.8 'Nisqually' Earthquake in February 2001, but it still was an earthquake and still fun to talk about!!