Off topic: My family was awoken in the wee hours today by some loud rumbling and a brief noticeable shaking of our house. The noise sounded like an explosion of sorts, but a quick look outside only revealed a thick fog hanging peacefully over the neighborhood. We were puzzled and went back to bed for a few more hours of sleep.

When I got my coffee later this morning the news was all over town. There had been a small earthquake. I had never thought of New England as a region with seismic activity, but according to the news, small quakes aren’t that uncommon here.

“Small earthquakes have hit Littleton in January 1990, July 1993, May 1996, June 2000 and October 2004, according to records. The 1990 quake was the strongest at 3.6 magnitude, or 10 times stronger than Friday morning’s event.”

I never experienced an earthquake before, but this insignificant event made me better appreciate the fear and confusion people must feel when enduring a “real” quake.

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