Earthquakes in my country.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
September 1, 2020 9:56am CST
I had turned off my laptop and was reading last night when the glass bells that hang from the ceiling of my bedroom started to sound.
Those, my friends, are the bells that sound when there is an earthquake nearby.
I got up, put on my flip flops (plastic just in case I had to run out), and went turn off the alarm.
I went back to bed but turned on the laptop and went to the Chilean news. There had been a big earthquake in the north of my country. And some minutes later, a bigger sound from the bells announced that there had been another one.
Up to now we have had over 20 quakes, 7.0 Richter in the north.
I hope our planet calms down. There are places where houses are not as well built as mine.
I´ll go now to my notifications, friends
I´ll go now to my notifications, friends8 people like this
11 responses
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
3 Sep 20
@LadyDuck Not of this one, at least. As of today, the aftershocks have been over 90.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
3 Sep 20
I felt a tiny quake but it was because it was very far. This one is a big one in the north and there have been over 90 aftershocks. And there has been some damage too.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
3 Sep 20
@DianneN They are scary, even when they are mild because you don´t know what will happen next.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
3 Sep 20
@marguicha Those aftershocks can be scary, too! I've only been in two. A mild one in San Francisco and a 6.2 in Puerto Rico. That was scary!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
3 Sep 20
Good to see that you are okay we had one here on the scale of 4 no damage done but felt deeply lasted a few mnutes.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
4 Sep 20
I dread earthquakes. But this one was very far from me.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
4 Sep 20
@marguicha
Even right in the centre of the strongest shaking it was very lucky nothing happened it can be a shaker up of your nerves for a while.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
1 Sep 20
I dread them because I don´t know what´s going to happen next.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
1 Sep 20
@akalinus Really they are very thin cuttings from semiprecious stones that I bought in Brazil.
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
1 Sep 20
@marguicha That is the bad thing, you never know whether the next one will be a year from now or 10 minutes from now. The glass bells are a really good idea.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Sep 20
7.0 is very destructive. Hope there is little or no casualty.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
3 Sep 20
@marguicha Certainly, no casualty is a welcome consolation. Homes and structures can be rebuilt; life can't. Stay safe.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
1 Sep 20
7 is definitely a very high intensity. I hope you all are safe therem
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
1 Sep 20
@amitkokiladitya Quakes are part of our daily life.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
1 Sep 20
It is far from me. Nobody was hurt, but there was damage.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
1 Sep 20
@marguicha I can understand. You are having them very often these dats
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
1 Sep 20
That was frightening, I'm sure. Glad to know you're safe.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Sep 20
That is very scary. Hope you continue to be safe.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
1 Sep 20
I'm sorry your country has been shaken by earthquakes. Stay safe.
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
1 Sep 20
That's a lot. I hope there won't be any more at least for this year
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@happylife1 (13403)
• Karachi, Pakistan
1 Sep 20
Sad to read,,,, hope there people will be safe and sound
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