I had to run from mylot.
By marguicha
@marguicha (222759)
Chile
November 21, 2020 7:33pm CST
I was answering my notifications when thearth started to move.
In my country you never know how big an earthquake is going to be so I always run, in part because I dread them.
I was here (very far thanks br given) when the big Valdivia earthquake hit my country. It is still after 60 years, the biggest earthquake ever recorded.
I live in the first floor and the glass door to the garden is called "the door of the earthquakes".
Today I was already installed in my bed ready to mylot. I had closed the house and turned on thr alarm.
And then the lamp started to move and the bell like stone from Brazil started to sound.
I got up trembling, turned off the alarm, opened the door and went out to the garden.
It wasn´t a big one but it scared me. They always do. I still haven´t set the alarm.
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@ptrikha_2 (46909)
• India
22 Nov 20
@marguicha Are these earthquakes originating in Andean mountains?
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stay safe
@GardenGerty (160612)
• United States
22 Nov 20
I would be scared if I lived where they were common.
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@marguicha (222759)
• Chile
22 Nov 20
This is where I was born. Other places have hurricanes or floods.
@wolfgirl569 (105820)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Nov 20
Glad you are safe and it wasnt a big one
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@marguicha (222759)
• Chile
22 Nov 20
Every day there´s an earthquake in my country. Lately they are far from my city.
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@marguicha (222759)
• Chile
22 Nov 20
Luna does not worry. But other dogs in the neighborhood bark.
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@snowy22315 (180378)
• United States
22 Nov 20
Earthquakes are scary we had a one big one in 2011 and a series of aftershocks that were scarier than the original quake!
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
22 Nov 20
Glad it wasn't a strong one.
Stay safe and vigilant Marguicha.
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@ptrikha_2 (46909)
• India
22 Nov 20
Yes one never knows when one gets a big earthquake.
We live in seismic zone 4, next to the Himalayas, and though the quakes' impact is not as powerful, the 2015 Nepal Earthquake did make people rush out of houses and Office buildings and some damages too were observed.
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@marguicha (222759)
• Chile
22 Nov 20
It is difficult to know when the earth stooped trembling and when I stopped.
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@xFiacre (12970)
• Ireland
22 Nov 20
@marguicha 6.2 is see, near Constitution and 20 km deep. frightening indeed.
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@rsa101 (38148)
• Philippines
22 Nov 20
Oh so sorry to hear about that. I am glad that for tge past several months we only experience a very mild shaking that it was not that serious. I also dread earthquake since it is really a terrifying to experience. I would rather choose typhoons over earthquakes.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
22 Nov 20
I know that they can scare you the last "jolt" we had was not long back after that movidito earthquake also.
21 aftershocks that we had were strong and scary almost no one slept that night.
Stay safe and well.
