Tsunami or Earthquake? Go up or go down?

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Yesterday noon, our place was hit by an earthquake. It hit our place more than once. Actually, four times! As I was having my class with my student, our room suddenly shook. We thought it was just people outside running around. However, the shaking went longer than expected. The table was banging against the wall and floor beneath us was shaking. We could hear screams from coming from the other rooms. Nervously, I looked outside and saw people trying to move out of the building. My student and I immediately gathered our belongings and went out. Outside, we saw the pool water making waves. It really was an earthquake. All of us were shaken, mostly because this was the first time that we ever experienced an earthquake that strong. Thankfully, our school wasn't damage. Classes resumed as if that earthquake did not happen. by 2:30 pm, people were becoming restless again. There was news about a tsunami hitting our place by 3 pm. So, everyone was told to go high up. But then there would be an expected aftershock, so we were told to go down too. Many people were nervous. We have never had any experience like that before. Everyone was concerned about their families, which was near the south where the strongest tremors started. The network connection was terrible. We found it hard to contact our families and friends. The phone lines were busy. We were at a loss of what to do. We see people climbing up to the top floors because a tsunami was coming. I had a strange feeling in my stomach just thinking about all the horrible things that could happen if another earthquake or a tsunami were to hit us right then. Nothing terrible happened. Thank God! Otherwise, I wouldn't have the chance to share this on mylot now. School was canceled yesterday. We returned to our respective homes, expecting a sleepless night ahead. Who knows there might be another earthquake or even a huge tsunami that would kill us all in our sleep. The radio news were talking about the issue the entire day. Many reports were about people who died because they were buried by some infrastructure. Others died out of fright: a heart attack. Some died because of panic; car accidents and such. Some panicked people even ran to the road barefoot. Lost and confused were to go. Should they go up to the mountains? There was a tsunami alert. Should they go down from the mountains? Landslides were also possible. If you were in this kind of situation, where would you be? How would you cope? My family and I... well, we stayed at home and went on with our lives. We have nowhere to go anyway. Yesterday, while I was on mylot, there was another earthquake, so I had to turn off the computer quickly and ran outside. It was very bothersome. Oddly, I was able to sleep earlier than I expected. There was a report about a tremor 5 am this morning, but I did not feel it. Anyway, forgive me for this long post. Well, if you were in the same situation, wouldn't you be excited to share it on mylot as well?