I ran yelling barefooted.

@marguicha (223720)

Chile

March 21, 2023 1:06pm CST

I was resting on by bed when the earth started to tremble. S**T!!! I yelled and ran. The flip flops were there but my feet were trembling so much that I could not put them on. Afterward, when the news said that it had been 5.5 Richter I thought that it had not been so big. But the noise was big and it was a long one. I ran through the burning terrace and the dry grass. I never know when the earth stops as I go on trembling for a longer time. I waited while Luna looked at me a bit confused. She is not afraid of quakes. I returned to the house, put on my flip flops and went to eat my lunch. It was very delicious and it did not burn

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PalloneBagnatissimo

@Wetbaloon91 (9)

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21 Mar 23

Hearthquakes are always scary, I have felt one years ago. I woke up and saw the walls shaking for 1 or 2 seconds. Glad lunch was delicious :)

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

I feel many as this is the country with more earthquakes in the world. This one was scary because it was long and noisy.

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PalloneBagnatissimo

@Wetbaloon91 (9)

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21 Mar 23

@marguicha did it make a loud noise? Like if something exploded?

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@Fleura (30539)

• United Kingdom

21 Mar 23

@marguicha I didn't know you had more earthquakes than anywhere else!

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@ptrikha_2 (47064)

• India

21 Mar 23

Surprising!! Here too we got an earthquake with an intensity of 6.6 with epicenter in Afghanistan. People on the upper floors felt bigger impact.

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@ptrikha_2 (47064)

• India

22 Mar 23

@marguicha Is your area near Hills? Areas near the hills can ofter have a bigger impact of the earthquakes!

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

I have the main room in the firstv floor of my house because I fear quakes. That was before I decided to live only in the first floor because of my feet.

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@vandana7 (100540)

• India

21 Mar 23

OMG.... thank god you are safe...and thank god your lunch was not destroyed. Wonder why Luna is not afraid of quakes....

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

Luna hates plane sounds. I guess she percieves sounds I don´t. But she only looked at me as if she did not understand my terror. Claudia called me later. She hadn´t felt it as she was driving. But Sofía called, worried for her dogs and cats, and Claudia knows that I´m not a friend of quakes. But my house is absolutly quake proof for a much bigger earthquake.

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@DaddyEvil (137487)

• United States

21 Mar 23

I'm glad you're okay and you enjoyed your lunch.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

I´m not sure that I enjoyed my lunch as I should have. It was very good but I was still scared after the quake. Now, when I went to scrape the rest, maybe to eat with bread later, I like the spoon with the mushroom and chicken sauce and it was more than delicious.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

@DaddyEvil It was.

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@DaddyEvil (137487)

• United States

21 Mar 23

@marguicha I'm sure the earthquake was terrifying and you weren't thinking about food when you ate lunch. I'm quite sure what you made was delicious.

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@arunima25 (87855)

• Bangalore, India

21 Mar 23

Oh! Glad that it was not so big and all is safe. I am petrified of any news of natural disasters these days. I just made a post about earthquake tremors felt in some parts of India today. I was worried about my daughter who is so far. That place received a massive tremor.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

My country is prepared for quakes of this magnitude (5.5 Richter). I wasn´t because I was half asleep.

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@MarieCoyle (38570)

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21 Mar 23

Keep your Skechers that slip on easily right by your bed. I do that in case son needs me and I have to really hurry. I hope you do not have another earthquake, I know they are frightening.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

We have earthquakes in my country every single day. It has been a long time since I was that frightened, maybe because I was half asleep and it had a lot of noise. The Skechers were on the other side of the bed. Typical

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@celticeagle (168163)

• Boise, Idaho

21 Mar 23

So scary! Glad you and your lunch were okay. They seem to last forever, don't they? I remember two earthquakes. One was early morning and I was about eight years old. The second was when I was in my mid-thirties at the apartment. Both were about the same-- about a 5.0 or 5.5. We haven't had a good-sized one around here for years. But, I am always thinking about the MEGA valcano near us at the Yellowstone Park that could go anytime. I'd rather have a earthquake any day.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

We don´t have active volcanos where I live. But father south, where my eldest daughter lives, there are lots.

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@celticeagle (168163)

• Boise, Idaho

22 Mar 23

@marguicha .......Scary.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

@celticeagle It was.

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@velvet53 (22534)

• Palisade, Colorado

22 Mar 23

I am glad that you are ok. I have only experienced one earthquake and that was many years ago.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

I experience them all the time. This one scared me.

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@velvet53 (22534)

• Palisade, Colorado

22 Mar 23

@marguicha I can see why beings you were have asleep.

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@flapiz (23151)

• United Kingdom

22 Mar 23

OMG! You must've been so terrified. But at least you knew what to do. I experienced an earthquake once a very long time ago. It woke me up and I was so confused of what was happening I sat on the stairs until my sister screamed at me to hide under the table. Does it happen much there?

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

It happens here all the time.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

@flapiz I can hardly walk normaly but I can run if there´s an earthquake.

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@flapiz (23151)

• United Kingdom

22 Mar 23

@marguicha That explains your good reaction and reflexes.

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@sjvg1976 (41289)

• Delhi, India

22 Mar 23

It was night when the earthquake came. It was of intensity 7.7 Ritcher here. Fans were swinging. We all went out of the house and came into the street where there we were all neighbors standing and discussing it.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

Tha is a very big earthquake. I´m so glad nothing happened to you.

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@sjvg1976 (41289)

• Delhi, India

22 Mar 23

@marguicha I read in news today, 9 people were killed in Pakistan due to it.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

@sjvg1976 I don´t like it when lives are lost.

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@jstory07 (139782)

• Roseburg, Oregon

21 Mar 23

I hope the earthquake does not cause a lot of damage.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

The earthquakes of this magnitude don´t cause any damage in my country as our buildings are made to resist them. I was scared because I was half asleep and it was long and noisy.

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@jstory07 (139782)

• Roseburg, Oregon

21 Mar 23

@marguicha I am glad that you are ok.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

@jstory07 Thank you

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@rakski (125823)

• Philippines

21 Mar 23

Thank goodness your safe.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

21 Mar 23

Thank you so much.

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@rakski (125823)

• Philippines

22 Mar 23

@marguicha welcome

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@akalinus (43334)

• United States

22 Mar 23

Wow! That is scary. I have been in quakes like that when I lived in California. I think of you when I hear about a quake in Chile and pray that you are alright.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

I have been in many quakes.

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@akalinus (43334)

• United States

22 Mar 23

@marguicha It must be very hard not knowing when they will strike or how bad it will be. You can't trust the earth under your feet.

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@thelme55 (77168)

• Germany

21 Mar 23

So scary! It happened to me many times when I was in the Philippines. Earthquake is very common there. I hope you have calm down yourself.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

Here too. We have them every day.

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@thelme55 (77168)

• Germany

22 Mar 23

@marguicha Really? That is scary to have it every day.

@GardenGerty (160899)

• United States

22 Mar 23

That sounds very scary.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

Earthquakes are more scary because you don´t know how much they will last.

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@snowy22315 (181996)

• United States

22 Mar 23

Earthquakes are scary. The one we had based in this county and felt all over the East coast was a 6.4 or 5. What scared me even worse, was the aftershocks though since they would happen at night. Some were when I was in bed, and I felt very vulnerable.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

Earthquakes are very scary for me.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Mar 23

It must have been felt over a great many parts it seems.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

I did not check later. We have earthquakes this magnitude in my country every day. I don´t know why I was so scared.

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@Shiva49 (26765)

• Singapore

22 Mar 23

Better to be safe as we do not know what the consequences will be. Happy that no damage was done.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

I know.

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@Adie04 (17360)

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22 Mar 23

When I just read the title, I can imagine how are you run outside, barefoot while yelling

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

And my feet had just been turned into baby´s feet by the podologist.

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@Beestring (14675)

• Hong Kong

22 Mar 23

Earthquakes sound scary. I'm glad that you are fine.

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@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

22 Mar 23

Thank you very much.

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