Early this morning around 5:30 AM Jenny and I were awoken to our windows rattling and our house shaking. It wasn't a violent shaking but definitely one knew that something wasn't quite right. It only lasted a few seconds but it felt longer than that. My initial thought that it was storming outside and maybe it was just the wind. But that wasn't the case. Jenny thought there might have been an explosion somewhere or a sonic boom but we didn't hear anything like that prior to the shaking and rattling of the house. And it wasn't a train either...we are used to that noise...and we know what that's like. Before we rolled over and went back to bed I said it kind of felt like an earthquake.
Lo and behold that's what it was. A 5.2 quake originated in Southern Illinois (West Salem) and was felt some 350 miles away--as far as Chicago and Cincinnati. Pretty wild stuff. Thankfully no injuries have been reported or significant damage of any sorts.
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