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We just had a tremor a few minutes ago.

It woke me up out of a dead sleep!!!

I woke up to my bed shaking and I could hear the furniture hitting the walls.  It felt like it lasted at least 30 seconds.  When it was over I got up, walked to the living room, noted our clock said 5:36 a.m., and turned on the TV to one of our local news programs.  They were just coming back from a commercial break and they said, "Yes, that was an earthquake you just felt!"

I am still really shocked that it was strong enough to wake me up.

They are just now saying that the center was in Illinois and that it registered 5.4 on the Richter scale.  My sister-in-law, Maxi, just called me a few minutes ago to see if we were okay.  She and Mary had just woke up and felt it.  I called my Mom, and my sister Lois said that she woke up to it, too.  Thomas is at work, but I haven't been able to get in touch with him yet.

We do live near the New Madrid fault, so we get small earthquakes or tremors a lot, but usually don't feel them.  The last one that I felt was around 1981, and this one was worse.

Oh well, just wanted to share.  I'm going to stay tuned to the news for a few more minutes.  Did any of my fellow J-Landers in Kentucky or Indiana feel that?? 

Update:  The earthquake was 10 miles below the surface.  Tall buildings in Indianapolis were actually shaking.  A building across from the KY Derby Headquarters on West Kentucky Street in Louisville had some damage.  My bedroom phone and its base fell off the bedside table.  I just remembered that I heard it fall when I woke up.  This was "only" a 5.4, so that's pretty minor, but still -- !!