Beginning of Summer and the Earth Shakes

Getting cute with the title to this posting, but I don't think the two subjects are directly related.

The U. S. Naval Observatory (www.usno.navy.mil) is a wonderful source for all kinds of information related to astronomy and the sky. They have information on sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, and eclipses as well as information on exact time of the seasons.

Speaking of seasons, summer officially begins on June 21st at 0646 GMT. That's 1:46 am CDT for us. Don't think I'll be up at that hour to greet the beginning of a new season.

And if you live in or around Fayette, there was an minor earthquake this morning. Here is the information from a Public Information Statement issued by the National Weather Service in Birmingham:

EARTHQUAKE FELT WEAKLY BY RESIDENTS IN FAYETTE THIS MORNING. NO
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

AT LEAST A DOZEN RESIDENTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTE WERE AWAKENED THIS MORNING BY A WEAK EARTHQUAKE. THE
REPORTS RANGED FROM MINOR SHAKING TO A SONIC BOOM TYPE SOUND. THE
EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 415 AM CDT.

THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO
INDICATED THE EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE OF 2.2 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WAS
CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELK...OR 4 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
FAYETTE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KENNEDY. THE EARTHQUAKE
ORIGINATED FROM A DEPTH OF 3.1 MILES. ANY FURTHER INFORMATION WILL
BE MADE AVAILABLE WHEN IT IS RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.

-Brian-