Earthquake!

I finally felt my first earthquake today!  Przemek was here for an 8.2 earthquake a few weeks ago, and the strong tremors after that, and he found it all to be quite exciting.  I've been jealous listening to everyone's stories from that day.  But today I got to feel one myself!  It was a very weak one, but I happened to be sitting on the beach watching the sunset at the time, so I felt it.  There are many small earthquakes every day here, but if you're someplace with a lot of noise/traffic/movement you don't usually feel them.  There have been many since I've been here that I haven't noticed.  I was sitting in the sand when it happened, and it just felt like someone had dropped something really heavy in the sand next to me, and I could feel the vibrations from that.  I actually thought it was something along those lines for a second, and turned about to see who or what was behind me, and then realized it was an earthquake.  Since earthquakes are so common here there is an official website that records them all, which is updated almost instantly. (http://www.sismologia.cl/seismo.html)  Here is the recording of the one I felt:


My Earthquake

The sunset I was watching during the earthquake.

 I also took a video of my sleeping area, which my parents were lucky enough to see via Skype, but I'm not sure if it uploading correctly, so I've included a picture too.  In the video first you see the bed, then the door that goes to the business, then the divider wall (top half see-through) of the kitchen, and then the hallway that goes to the bathroom.  And it is just about as uncomfortable and it looks in the picture.  The mess isn't all my fault (despite my reputation for messes), because Przemek switched spots with me last night so I could have his slightly more private couch in the business, so our things all over the place due to that.