4.2 @ 4:43 a.m.

At 4:43 this morning, as I was fast asleep, Wayward Hayward faultline struck again. This time, it was a 4.2 magnitude quake, 3.6 miles deep, and 2 miles east of Oakland. Nothing was broken and nothing fell, but I was shaken a bit out of my weary sleep. The earth is changing, and here in the Bay Area, the effects are being felt in increasing depth and magnitude.

Wayward Hayward runs through the parking lot of the seminary where I work, and my office in the main administration building is about five paces from the parking lot. And, it's very close to home. I walk about 5 minutes and I reach the office, which means I'm much close to the faultline that I would like to be.

The shakemap tells you where the earthquake occurred, and the litle shades of green fading to yellow to red -- that's where I am. We have had 4 earthquakes in the past year, and it would seem that California has "hogged" more than our fair share of these tremblers. I could stand to have a few less...

The following states have not had a 3.5 earthquake in the past 30 years:

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

North Dakota

Vermont

Wisconsin

District of Columbia

All this is to say that I grow more and more worried about the state of our globe. This reinforces the "magnitude" of our environmental issues. Greening our globe isn't just something to take up if we feel bored or if we need some sort of socialization mechanism. It is for survival.