This is the fourth earthquake in the week.
By marguicha
@marguicha (223308)
Chile
August 15, 2020 7:40am CST
I was so warm in my bed, half asleep this morning. It was cold out so I was not planning on moving.
Suddenly, there was a mild to medium earthquake. Jeeezzz! I got up, went to take out the alarm, opened a bit the dining room door out to the garden and went to pee.
This is the 4th one during the week near where I live so even if it´s mild (4.6 Richter now) I started to wonder. Leter on, in reading the news, I read that there had been a bigger one near the Easter Island (Isla de Pascua).
Earthquakes are not my idea of a fun way to start the day, friends. Do you have them where you live?
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
Yes. It has had the biggest ever recorded.
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@Janet357 (75646)
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15 Aug 20
@marguicha How do you deal.with it? Here we have typhoons and earthquakes too.
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@xFiacre (13049)
• Ireland
15 Aug 20
@marguicha Ireland doesn’t suffer them but where I grew up they were frequent. Do you have an earthquake plan for when they happen?
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@popciclecold (38918)
• United States
15 Aug 20
When we lived in California, we had them. Even the after shocks were bad.
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@popciclecold (38918)
• United States
15 Aug 20
@marguicha They are pretty rough.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
@popciclecold I´m afraid of them because you never know how strong they will be.
@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
I am not a friend of quakes although I have lived with them all my life.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
The earth is also showing its disgust for what people have done to it.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
@LadyDuck Yes. When I hear about how the Amazon forest has been destroyed in these last years it shocks me.
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@LadyDuck (471573)
• Switzerland
15 Aug 20
@marguicha This is my opinion, we polluted, cut the trees, destroyed the forest and now the earth is showing its disgust.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
Fortunately I am used to them. What scared me was that the alarm was on and my door to the outside stuck.
@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
@amadeo Enough so as to shout a bad word in Spanish and turn off the alarm.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
15 Aug 20
@marguicha I can see that.Must have been frightening for you
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
15 Aug 20
Omg ..this sounds a bit scary. But I'm glad all are safe there.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya It seems that there are a lot on the near future.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
15 Aug 20
@marguicha that is good. I hope not any ahead
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
16 Aug 20
We have always had earthquakes in my country. It is not a new thing.
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@rebelann (112885)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Aug 20
Well, I hope they won't be bad ones @marguicha I'd be terrified if I lived there.
@JudyEv (340511)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Aug 20
We don't have them here. Well, hardly ever. I'm glad your house is well-built.
@lovebuglena (44596)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Aug 20
Four earthquakes in a week is a lot. Why is it happening? Very rare that we have them in NYC.
@LindaOHio (179153)
• United States
15 Aug 20
We have them very rarely. The largest one that I remember was 5.0.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
We call that "mild to medium". Sometimes I am aware of them, sometimes I am not. The big ones are over 7.
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@LindaOHio (179153)
• United States
15 Aug 20
@marguicha The ones over 7 are very destructive.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
@LindaOHio It depends how houses are built.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
15 Aug 20
That's a bad feeling more so in a cold morning. Take care
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@Young_boy (1055)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
15 Aug 20
yes, I used to experience it a lot. at that time I was still first grade in senior high school. the earthquake was very strong, maybe more than 7 SR. As a result, I was traumatized, if there was a slight tremor it surprised me.
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@marguicha (223308)
• Chile
15 Aug 20
I know what you mean. We have had big quakes here during my lifetime.
@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
16 Aug 20
We get them stemming from volcano on Big Island. I usually can't feel them. It is very disquieting to feel them!
