Earth Moving

I've lived in Seattle for nearly four years now and I haven't experienced an earthquake yet...knock on wood...but this fall I will be moving to Missouri and I thought my danger of death by earthquake would be going down...but after today I'm not so sure.

From the Kansas City Star:

Yes, Kansas City, that was an earthquake this morning.

Area residents reported being shaken awake shortly after 4:30 a.m. by a rumbling sensation, which turned out to be tremors from a 5.2-magnitude quake centered in southeastern Illinois.

Carole King -- I Feel the Earth Move
This is the first song on the best album from a female solo artist of the 1970's.

English Earthquakes

You learn something new everyday...

Earthquakes frequently hit Britain -- between 200 and 300 annually, according to the British Geological Survey, although most have a magnitude of less than 2. Earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 to 4.9 hit mainland Britain about once every two years and strike beneath the North Sea about once per year.

Britain's strongest recorded quake was the North Sea quake of June 7, 1931, with a magnitude of 6.1. It was felt across the British isles and in northwestern Germany. The quake killed one person.

Beck -- Earthquake Weather
From the Guero album.