At approximately 11:30 last night we were all asleep and I felt my bed shake and my body bounce. I knew immediately it was an earthquake and ran to get Emmett and Annalise. Living on the third floor, we all ran down the stairwell. As I fiddled to open the outside door lock, the landlady emerged from her apartment to say in a calm voice, "esta tranquillo" We returned to our apartment to my bed where we soon fell asleep together. This morning a bemused Annalise responded to my question about the earthquake with, "Seriously?" She seemed to have no recollection of last night's events nor why she was in my bed with Emmett. Emmett seemed unfazed. A fellow on my bus also said he ran outside when he felt the tremor but no one at Spanish school mentioned it. It was reported to be a 4.6 magnitude but said to have "felt very strong". Here is a link of the report (thanks to James Kinskey): http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Earthquake-Hits-Ecuadors-Capital-of-Quito-20160809-0003.html
Thankfully, nothing worthy to photograph to document this experience.
Good job getting them up and out. funny Annaliese didn't remember it. There will likely be more.
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... So glad you all are fine!
ReplyDeleteNathan is jealous
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