Earthquake!

By Greg Cohn, 7-25-05

At about 10:15 pm, I was having a chat with sbpoet in her living room, when the room began to shake and a large armoire began to sway. Ms. poet was convinced it was nocturnal rambunctiousness on the part of her cats and dogs, but I -- having lived in Los Angeles for three years and never actually experienced one -- was convinced it was my first earthquake. A quick visit to the National Earthquake Information Center confirms it: at 10:08 PM MDT, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit near Dillon. [End of article]