No damage whatsoever from this morning's earthquake. Nothing fell down, not even me. It felt sharp and fast, and I had the sensation of it rolling through the house.
I guessed it was about a 4.0 and was surprised when I got up to see the number 4.7, especially considering how close it was to me. It didn't feel that strong and didn't even feel like a 4.4, which is the current scoring. If there were aftershocks, I didn't feel them.
Of course, I got up. I'm sure some folks go back to sleep but I'm just going to lie there wondering how strong it was, if anyone got hurt, if there's another jolt coming, etc. So I got up and came here to the computer. Before the Internet, a quake in the middle of the night felt lonelier and you'd dive for the radio for info and to "connect" with the outside world and make sure it was still there. How normal everything seemed online had an immediate calming effect…not that I needed much calming.
Almost my first thought was that I didn't have to worry if my mother was okay. This is the first quake of this size since well before she died.
Anyway, I wrote for a little while, then went back to bed. Not a big deal.