Earthquake!

     Last night at around 4 in the morning, Ryoko and I felt an earthquake that was large enough to feel, but small enough to be no big deal.  Saku-san, my mother in law, did not even register the event and it was too small to wake up Yuta.  The fact that Yuta did not wake is not really surprising as he is entering the age where sleep seems to take a deeper hold, and it takes a small army to wake him up.  As I was rolling Yuta around his bedroom to start his waking ritual this morning, I accidentally bounced him off of the wall.  When the dust settled I noticed that he had cracked his left eye open and I jumped on the opportunity to ask about the earthquake (I did not want to wait until after dunking his head in the cold water bucket).  He mumbled something about inducing a 'quake in my head', and that seemed to be the only one of interest to him at that point. Ryoko and I are light enough sleepers that the P-wave will often push us into consciousness and the rest of the quake can be experienced.  These little earthquakes are exciting to me as an Earth Science teacher, I find the experience exhilarating. . .