A small earthquake woke me up.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230334)
Chile
November 7, 2015 2:11am CST
I went to bed early and fell promptly asleep. Suddenly a small set of bells I have haning at a corner of my room starter to sound. I woke up.
The lamp was swaying softly but there weren´t any of the big sounds of a big earthquake.
Still I woke up and found my slippers. I went to the switched on the terrace lights.
By that time everything had quieted down but I was fully awake.
So I looked at my laptop nearby, discovered that I had left it on and now here I am. I is 5 AM here. The birds are tweeting. I guess I will have to accept that a new day has begun
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
7 Nov 15
glad it wasn't more serious - I only experienced one small one here, and that felt like a rhino had battered into the front of the house
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
Earthquakes are so common here that we can only be glad when we sleep through them. My youngest daughter told me that she was waken last night by her BF and he was telling her not to worry, "it" had ended. She didn´t put 2 and 2 together until I told her today that there had been a quake.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
@arthurchappell I suppose that it depends on your sleep. If you have a light sleep, you can wake up.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
7 Nov 15
@marguicha interesting that some people sleep through one when others don't
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
7 Nov 15
Haha! i did liked your way of presentation. For me too a new day with unlimited hopes has begun.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
My Saturday will be will my daughter. She just called that she was expecting me.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
@rahulvsmokiee it was she instead of we. I edited it
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
7 Nov 15
@marguicha We was expecting me? lol! i didnt get what you meant there. I am still conbfused.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Nov 15
Oh, dear. Earthquakes. I recall the last one here. I was setting on the couch and suddenly the floor lamp next to it was doing a dance and so was I. I was petrified. Glad all is okay at your end and sounds like you have a lovely day to put up with.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
Fortunatly, my house is very safe and earthquake proof, if you cansay it that way.
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@tecchigurl (672)
• Philippines
7 Nov 15
Whenever there's an earthquake in our place, I rarely feel it.
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@tecchigurl (672)
• Philippines
7 Nov 15
@marguicha I rarely see a wooden house in our area but it's good that the earthquake isn't that intense.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
7 Nov 15
Wow and I thought I was the only one who leaves the laptop open. not good though since lappy's need some rest too. as for the earthquake, Im glag that it wasn't strong. I remember when an earth quake happened here a couple of months back, and i was busy on my computer. i thought some things was rocking my chair, turns out a quake just happened. but it didn't get on the news because of the height of the aftermath of the storm.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
I was too tired, so I left the laptop for some minutes and woke up after some hours 
The earthquake was not so small, but the epicentre was not where I live so here it was only around 4 Richter.
The earthquake was not so small, but the epicentre was not where I live so here it was only around 4 Richter.@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
7 Nov 15
@marguicha it kinda scared me a little when that earthquake happened here. i mean what if it's higher than what i felt. I wished i was ready for these quakes but the truth is that am not. I just glad you are safe there.
@buttheadface932 (708)
• United States
8 Jan 16
Wow! Glad you are OK and it wasn't too big. You guys really get big earthquakes over there in Chile! Thankfully it wasn't a big one.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
8 Jan 16
We are acostumed to the small ones. But you never know...
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Nov 15
I haven't learned this news yet. But it seems it is not a big earthquake and everything is still alright. That's nice. I am afraid of the earthquake because nobody knows what it will happen but it has a strong power to destroy everything in a second. Not long ago there is a big earthquake in Afghanistan and it made some damages. I hope you stay well.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
I checked and it was not a small one in the northers part of Chile. Still, it seems that there were no great damages.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
We have earthquakes, smaller and bigger, almost every day in my country. My house is very safe so it is the best not to wake up.
@workguddu (155)
• Shillong, India
8 Nov 15
Here at My place we always experience small earthquakes and it usually come at night .
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
It was only aroud 4 Richter where I live, but it was 6.8 Richter in around Coquimbo, 6 hours drive from Santiago. I read that it was also felt in more places in Argentina, our neighboor country.
@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
7 Nov 15
i have never experienced an earth quake . i think there are some precautions we can take to protect from earth quake i am very much happy to know that you were not damaged by it
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
My house is very safe. I am afraid of earthquakes although I have been in the midst of them all my life.
