The first earthquake hit at 1:09am. This one shook the house pretty good. When you are sleeping on the 2nd floor, you really feel the house sway. Afterwards there were several aftershocks. This one was a 3 in Inzai on the Japan vibration scale.
The first map shows the power of the earthquake by color. The light blue is a 3.
After this one was over we thought we could then go to sleep. We were wrong.
The second one rocked the house back and fourth. This measured a 4 on the vibration scale and a 6.7 on the Richter scale. This one made my wife scream a little and scared the crap out of me.
As can be seen on the second map the green triangles represent a 4. This one was wide and strong. We had 2's at about 15 minute intervals until early morning. As a result not many people were able to sleep to well last night.
Our daughter Anna has yet to wake up for an earthquake. We are not looking forward to the one that she does.
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