Earthquake

Friday morning at 440 am i reached over and shut my alarm clock off and about that time what felt like a huge fist started hitting my house. The noise , a heavy rumble made me think tornado at first but it turned out to be a 5.2 earthquake. I live in southern Illinois and i have felt earth tremors before but nothing like this. It lasted about 20 to 30 seconds the first time with aftershocks coming off and on thru the morning with a 4.1 at about 1015 am being the largest shock agter the big 1 . My house sits only 3 miles from the estimated epicenter of the quake and it was a very scary surreal experience. Only minor injuries were reported in the area with several houses damaged. Not a fun way to wake up on a friday morning.....