Did you feel the earthquake today? I was cleaning the windows in my house when I heard a large rumbling sound, sort of like the washing machine filled with too many clothes.  Then the house began to shake and then I felt like I was swaying..almost like surfing in my house!

It was such a strange feeling! That was my first time experiencing an earthquake.  I heard on the new that it was a 5.8 on the Richter Scale.

Check out this link for more info on measuring an earthquake: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4892