Christmas Surprise!!

Magnitude 4.9 - EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

2011 December 25 16:46:52 UTC 

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	4.9
Date-Time	Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 16:46:52 UTC Monday, December 26, 2011 at 12:46:52 AM at epicenter
Location	31.223°N, 103.720°E
Depth	23.3 km (14.5 miles)
Region	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
Distances	65 km (40 miles) W of Deyang, Sichuan, China 69 km (42 miles) NNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China 328 km (203 miles) NW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China 1498 km (930 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 18.8 km (11.7 miles); depth +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 53, Nph= 53, Dmin=563.3 km, Rmss=0.96 sec, Gp= 76°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5

As my parents were talking to Jordan on Skype Christmas morning, he experienced his first earthquake from the 11th floor of his dormitory!!! We are all thankful he is just fine and I am thankful I wasn't talking to him when it happened....I am sure I would have been pretty freaked out....(praying there isn't another one while he is there). The last major earthquake in Chengdu was centered just outside on Chengdu in 2008 registering 7.9 and killing almost 70 thousand people. 

I think I have justification in being freaked out!!