Goodddddd Morrrrning, Midwest

Not exactly the way you expect to wake up in the Midwest.

A 5.4 earthquake in Illinois has rocked people awake as far away as Indiana, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a large temblor in the Midwest.

Yes, you west coasters may be sneering at our puny 5.4.  But remember the record of this area is enough to make people nervous.

So, did you get rattled out of bed this morning?

Update [2008-4-18 6:32:54 by Devilstower]: And as a complete coincidence, today is the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

What became known as the San Francisco earthquake and fire struck at 5:12 a.m., when the San Andreas Fault gave way, tearing the earth wide open from Humboldt County, near the Oregon border, to San Benito County, a hundred miles southeast of San Francisco. The epicenter was on the fault line just offshore from the San Francisco-San Mateo county line.

Update [2008-4-18 11:44:0 by Devilstower]:An aftershock in the 4.5 range popped through about 20 minutes ago -- just to keep us Midwesterners skittish.  That one is also now up on the USGS map.