Today at 10:20 AM we had our statewide earthquake drill - a pretty simple process, really. Listening to the radio, I learned that the San Francisco area experienced a 4.0 this afternoon. One geologist described it as "a nice quake with sharp impulsive characteristics" (a reasonably accurate quote).

So now we describe earthquakes as if they were fine wines? I can hardly wait for the "full bodied, robust" quake....