I Slept Through an Earthquake, or Who Cares About Arkansas Anyway? (Feb 10 2005)
I got an email from my Astronomy professor this morning saying that there had been an earthquake near us. I was like, "What?" because I didn't wake up or anything for it--apparently it happened in Arkansas and was 4.1 in magnitude. When I read on the first part of the page that there was an earthquake on the New Madrid line, I got kind of scared since St. Louis (and a little south of the city proper, where I live) is on that fault line, but I was relieved that it was in Arkansas (who cares about Arkansas, anyway??) and it was only 4.1. It was only 47 miles away from us, and I definitely didn't wake up at 8:05 to feel it. I guess now I can boast that I've slept through an earthquake.
