I wondered how long it would be before I experienced my first earthquake. I find it kind of exciting, in a weird way. Let's just hope all future ones are all small like this one, although experts think a big one is likely in the bay area within the next fifteen years or so.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
My First Earthquake
Earthquakes happen all the time here. Most of the time they are so small that you don't feel them. Once in a while one happens that you can feel, although still quite small. Last night was one of those earthquakes. I was in bed reading and heard a rumble and felt the house shook. It was over in an instant - for a moment I thought someone had slammed a door really hard; it was that quick. But yet it was unlike anything I had ever heard or felt. I asked Stella, who was drifting off to sleep, if she felt or heard anything. She hadn't and I said that I might have felt an earthquake but wasn't sure. I made a mental note to look online the next day and see if there was any seismic activity around 11:45 on Saturday night. And sure enough, there was an an earthquake that measured 2.7 centered in El Cerrito, less than three miles from us.
I wondered how long it would be before I experienced my first earthquake. I find it kind of exciting, in a weird way. Let's just hope all future ones are all small like this one, although experts think a big one is likely in the bay area within the next fifteen years or so.
I wondered how long it would be before I experienced my first earthquake. I find it kind of exciting, in a weird way. Let's just hope all future ones are all small like this one, although experts think a big one is likely in the bay area within the next fifteen years or so.
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Ooooh, that's a little freaky! That would be one of the major things holding me back, as far as relocating to that part of Cali goes.
I still think it might just have been me snoring!
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