Hola todos,
This morning at around 7AM, I experienced my first tremor in Chile. Shockingly, it woke me up. (I am a very deep sleeper.) I woke up and sat up, and my bed was shaking side to side. Not drastically, but it was still noticeable. Of course, in my tired state, I thought to myself, "oh great. This is the introduction to a ridiculous earthquake. Great." But, it was just a few seconds of the movement then nothing else. Apparently there are a handful of tremors each year.
When my mom came to Chile with me, she thought there was a tremor about every 5 minutes. As in, a truck went by and shook the ground, "I think I just felt a tremor" type thing. To this I said, "Ok, there are a handful of tremors each year, and they all occurred in the past week? Somehow doubtful."
For this reason, when I felt the tremor I laughed to myself and wished she had been here to actually experience a Chilean tremor. I'm not sure if it's any different from an American tremor. But it's still interesting to have felt one.
They were tremors! Just because you didn't feel them, nor anyone else, and just because a truck happened to pass by at the same moment does not mean they weren't tremors. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope this first is also your last. I don't think earthquakes are much fun.
Love,
Mom