Did you feel that?

4.5 magnitude earthquake just hit near San Francisco.  I immediately went to the computer to see if info on it was online yet.  "Jordan, it won't be online yet," said Yelena and Sarah.  But, of course, it was.  Not only that, but I found a plugin for Google Earth that will show you all the earthquakes in the last week.  It pinpoints the location for you, and when you click on it it'll pop up with information, plus a link to the USGS website with even more information.  It gets even cooler: the USGS website has a "did you feel it?" page where it shows a map of who felt the quake.

Awesome.

Google Earth Blog: Earthquake Monitoring