Yea, I went looking at the site, but the aftershocks were so small around that time. If I didn't feel the 5 pointer I doubt I'd feel an aftershock. The cats could've been freaked out about anything. Maybe a real raccoon was looking in our window.

It wasn't just a different century, it was a different millennium!

A bit off topic, but I watched a show the other day on the New Madrid fault line and the massive series of quakes in the 1800's there. Scary stuff- I had no idea that the quakes were that intense and that they lasted for so long. If it happens again, it will be beyond catastrophic.

Living right on the Mississippi river, the thought that a quake could be massive enough to cause that sucker to reverse course creeps me right the **** out.

I know, Scrooge- that, and the fissures and geysers opening up everywhere, along with the mind-numbingly long duration of the series of quakes.....insane. I'm surprised the area was ever resettled. Makes any other quake we've had in human history here in this part of the world pale in comparison.

Well, it's all loess up there, much like here... basically silt. Very soft

Reelfoot Lake is pretty though... so there's that ;)