three point five

Imagine this: you're laying on the couch at roughly 9 at night enjoying feeling your little kick boxer go through his rounds when the sound of a truck going through your house occurs. BUT no glass shattering, no falling, no crunching no other noise then the rumble. We of course, in typical mammal style ran to the closest other life force who was staring at us in much the same manner. With no TV and our neighbors TV not providing any kind of news on said house shaking we were all left to wonder if it was just us. Being the resourceful lil geek my husband is he jumped on line and found THIS. Turns out old Haleakala, which we reside cozily on the north slope of, had too much jack in the box yesterday and let loose the geologic equivalent of one of grandpa's broccoli and brats fart. Only lasting for about 3 to 5 seconds but reaching a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale and a depth of 19 miles. The report last night said it was over near Kaupo on the other side of the island but this morning it turns out it was right under our feet. After this news was revealed to us a thought occurred to me and I went to the window and opened it only to find what I expected, dead silence. Silence would be a normal night time thing on the main land but here in rural Makawao that never happens. Having dogs, chickens, roosters, goats, birds, cicada and geckos forever roving our house and neighborhood we can't hardly sleep more than a few hours without being woken by something. Needless to say my ears will be perked for the next moment of silence. My fears have been quelled since last night by the return of all those rowdy creatures and the array of knowledge of my dear counterpart informing me that 19 miles is deeper than the magma chamber and reaches the fault line under the Hawaiian islands and runs all the way to Japan, proven HERE by the 6 other earthquakes reported on the same fault line last night shortly following our report from the Maui region. So no worries to my friends and family on the mainland who may be concerned that I'm plopped on a 729 square mile time bomb, it was merely a seismic tummy rumble equivalent to my own internal activity. I slept just fine last night. :)