Lucas Wakes to the Quake!

So, as I mentioned yesterday Lucas is in Indiana working. He had asked me to set my alarm for 5:15 in the morning and call him to wake him up. So I called this morning (still asleep) and he told me that he had been in an earthquake. Yea, right.... I went back to sleep. Then when I was getting ready this morning I saw something on the news about an earthquake but just caught the end. I thought "surely not"! So when I got to work I looked it up online and sure enough... the earthquake hit around 4:40 this morning. How weird is that? Lucas goes to Indiana for 2 days and there is an earthquake! I can't imagine what it is like... Lucas said in a text message he sent that it shook for quite a while. I'll have to find out more details later but I just couldn't keep from sharing. OMG! I can't believe Lucas was in an earthquake!

(5:36 a.m. Eastern Time, 4:36 a.m. Central Time)

As you can see, Lucas was pretty much on the center of the quake. Here is what the AP wrote about it:

5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; felt 350 miles away

Posted by Associated Press April 18, 2008 5:37 AM

WEST SALEM, Ill. -- A 5.4 earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people awake up to 350 miles away early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful Midwest temblor.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered 6 miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant cities as Chicago, Cincinnati and Milwaukee, 350 miles north of the epicenter, but there were no early reports of injuries or significant damage....

The quake shook skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop, 240 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of it. Residents of Cincinnati and St. Louis also reported feeling the earth shake....

The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region that covers parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas and stretches from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The organization's Web site said earthquakes occur irregularly in the area, and that the largest historical earthquake in the region -- also a magnitude 5.4 -- caused damage in southern Illinois in 1968.

Wow! I still can't believe it!