Last week I experienced my first earthquake. (You know I've never lived in California, Japan, or the Big Island.) At 4:50 AM everything started shaking. It woke us both up, and Ephraim let me know it was an earthquake. (He knows--he's lived in California and Hawaii.) I was a little nervous, but in my drowsy stupor I just enjoyed the gentle rocking. It lasted maybe 30 seconds. I really wanted to stay awake to see if there'd be any aftershocks, but I couldn't. And there weren't. So that was that.
Apparently it was a 6.1 and took place somewhere in the Tongan Trench. USGS says the Intensity was Light and the Damage was None. I say the Experience was Amusing. That's a perfect earthquake for me.
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