This past week the school where I work and Perri attends had a “Great Quake drill”. The state of California had what they called the Great California shakeout, where all schools, businesses,emergency services and homes practiced an earthquake drill, pretending that a 7.8 earthquake had just hit. We as employees had our groups that we were put in and practiced what we needed to do in case the big one hit, my group was the Supervision group. We were responsible for the children after the teachers got them out to the meeting place on the grass field just off of the playground.

Anyway, what I wanted to write about is that this morning at 4:35 we had a magnitude 4.1 earthquake just 10 miles East of Temecula. Normaly this would be no big deal and sometimes we wouldn’t even feel it but because it was centered so close to our city BOY WE FELT IT! It woke me up with a huge jolt! I sat in bed waiting to see if there would be another even stronger one. But nothing, so I fell back asleep. But just now, at 9:41 we had another one! this one was a 3.8, I felt that one too! just a quick hard shake of the house. This 3.8 was in the same area of the first 4.1 quake, just 10 miles East of Temecula. I just went on the web site I always look at when I actually feel an earthquake just to see how strong it was and I saw that just 5 mins later we had yet another one, I didn’t feel that because it was only a 1.2, that’s nothing.

Since the first 4.1 quake, we have had 6 others and I only felt the one 3.8 just a few minutes ago. They go on all day but most we don’t even know happen. So when we actually do feel it, we stop and think is that it or will there be more?

So far no damage done, Perri didn’t even feel the one this morning at 4:35. She may have felt the 3.8 but I wont know until I get to work.

Have an Earthquake free day!