And she was shakin'....

One of the advantages of living in Central Texas is that of all the natural disasters in the world, earthquakes are numbered among those we don't have to worry about. Uh, not normally, at any rate...

No injuries have been reported after a pre-dawn earthquake Monday shook parts of South Texas, about 45 miles southeast of San Antonio.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.7 magnitude quake happened at 4:51 a.m.

The quake was detected about 6 miles southwest of the Karnes County town of Falls City, in an area near the line with Wilson County.

The U.S. Geological survey reports the epicenter was at a depth of about 3.1 miles.

Karnes City is about an hour's drive south of us. We go through it regularly on our way to Corpus Christi or Port Aransas to hit the beach. The terrain is pretty flat prairie there, not an obvious abode for active faults.

I actually woke up around 4:30 a.m., but I'm afraid the reasons had to do more with nature's call than any preternatural sensitivity to temblors.

UPDATE: The USGS has all the information about the quake that you could possibly want.

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