All Shaken Up: Scared?!?

@Shavkat (141905)

Philippines

April 3, 2021 8:59pm CST

More or less 6:00 AM, my bed was shaken up by an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8. I was about to jump off my bed and still feel sleepy. I am sure my bed and pillows were surprised, too.

I just heard my younger brother said it is gone now. I went back to sleep and woke up at 9:00 AM. I haven't checked the epicenter of this shaking us up early in the morning. How would you react if you felt the ground is shaking? Image Credit: thumbs.dreamstime.com

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@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

4 Apr 21

I would not even feel a quake of that magnitude. Our country has more earthquakes than any other country and I don´t worry with an earthquake below 5.5 and up.

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@crossbones27 (52924)

• Mojave, California

4 Apr 21

@marguicha Just curious, maybe a coward, haha, that part is true but you do not feel the the difference, maybe it is a California thing. There is a rolling kind and they do not scare me but also a jerky kind and those the ones that punish buildings here at least anyway.

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@crossbones27 (52924)

• Mojave, California

4 Apr 21

@Shavkat I know we slept in local park because we were scared after two massive quakes and epicenter was like 50 miles away so we felt it all. I am sure same with you on an island.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I got traumatized before because we experienced a killer earthquake in 1990. With a sudden shook of the ground, I am a bit jumpy.

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@rakski (156506)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

good that there is no aftershock what so ever.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I am glad that it was only once.

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@rakski (156506)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

@Shavkat definitely glad here too

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

4 Apr 21

Actually I haven't experienced the earthquake much. I remember when we travelled to Japan, I did experience it very late at night. At that time I felt the building was moving but I even didn't realize it was the earthquake. The feeling was just quite strange to me. We are not sensitive to this natural disaster.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I can relate to you. It was like having a lightheaded feeling. I think Japan is also a country that randomly experiences aftershocks.

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@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

4 Apr 21

Good to know that everything is okay. Usually with such less magnitude I rarely get a feeling of an earthquake even if I do I would jump off the bed and will move out of the house with my family.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

If it continues, we are going out the house calmly, too

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@wolfgirl569 (135819)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Apr 21

Glad everything is ok. As we dont get them here I am sure I would be wide awake

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I am a light sleeper person that makes me awaken because of it. My mom did not feel it. She seems so tired and slept all the way.

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@db20747 (43419)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

4 Apr 21

That is frightening! We had a similar earth quake about 10 years ago. I felt trembling of the floor and room, then realized it was an earth quake. I said a prayer and was praying for it to stop

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

@db20747 Don't be worried. It is just a personal traumatic experience.

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@db20747 (43419)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

4 Apr 21

@Shavkat sorry to hear this. Yes, this must make a person very paranoid of any shakes in the earth.

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@crossbones27 (52924)

• Mojave, California

4 Apr 21

People think I am crazy 3.8 so small, why even make a post because if been through a big one you do get stressed when some these little quakes happen. Here they they call it the California roll. If you get the California roll, its cool you ride the wave. Then there is the jerky kind and those are the scary ones. . It does matter how small they are, you feel the jerk and the big quakes here start just like that. and can be small then gets bigger and bigger and you literally run for your life. So sometimes they do not progress but when you feel that jerk I am heading for a door way no matter what.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I also experienced an earthquake that does not shake side-to-side. The killer happened here in 1990. It started in an oscillation movement before it shakes sideways. That's the reason why so many houses and tall buildings were crashed down and many people were buried alive.

@louievill (28846)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

Good thing it was not an intensity 6-7 like the infamous Baguio quake.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

It was really scary during the earthquake in Baguio City in 1990.

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@LadyDuck (502573)

• Italy

4 Apr 21

As it was not strong, I would have turned the other side and continued to sleep.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

It was not that strong but I was startled and waken me up,

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

@LadyDuck It is like someone is doing pranking to me

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@LadyDuck (502573)

• Italy

5 Apr 21

@Shavkat It wakes up, you feel the bed moving.

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@DaddyEvil (174551)

• United States

6 Apr 21

I don't know... I've never experienced an earthquake. Do you enjoy them?

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

7 Apr 21

I never did enjoy it. It was like a feeling that Jesus is coming down from the sky.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

9 Apr 21

@DaddyEvil The funny is that a religion claimed they will be saved at that time.

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@DaddyEvil (174551)

• United States

8 Apr 21

@Shavkat Hmm... if I thought Jesus was coming down from the sky, I'm not sure I would be able to go back to sleep for several hours. Anything that startles me awake means I can't go back to sleep for several hours.

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@TheHorse (238325)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Apr 21

We have many 3.8s in California. I am somewhere between scared and excited when they occur.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I would not feel excited.

It was not a good feeling seeing houses were falling down the mountains here in 1990,

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Apr 21

I would be surprised too. I'm glad it wasn't a bad earthquake.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I hope it will not happen again.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

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@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Apr 21

@Shavkat It would be good if it doesn't.

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@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

4 Apr 21

I'd pray to cover myself to keep maybe falling debris away and pray again and keep my ears open. Turn radio & tv in for news. I'd be like you, scared!!

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

If it is in series of aftershocks. My family and I will walk away from the house and be on the road.

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@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

6 Apr 21

@Shavkat Really, will this be safer?

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

7 Apr 21

@oahuwriter I think it is safer to walk calmly out from the house.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

4 Apr 21

How scary. Never been through an earthquake. Take care.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

It was really terrifying when we had this in 1990. I had seen some houses collapsing and falling to the cliffs.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

6 Apr 21

@CarolDM Yes, it was.

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@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

4 Apr 21

A little bit scared

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@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

4 Apr 21

@Shavkat I understand

Good thing is that you`re ok.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

I felt a bit scared since the epicenter is not here.

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@allen0187 (59830)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

Felt way more stronger earthquakes than that. It is no fun. Other times, I got worried and actually went out. Other times, it was short that it was over before soon enough.

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@allen0187 (59830)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

@Shavkat agreed. Things are exacerbated when one has a heart condition or ailment.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

The blood pressure and heartbeat were beyond normal range when I felt it this morning. It will be a bad thing for those who have heart ailments.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

@allen0187 I hope it will not happen to them.

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@eileenleyva (27555)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

Brace up. Your mountains does not really shake much but when it does, it's scary. Let's hope that's just it.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

The only problem if it is on the mountain. There is a possibility that it will result in land erosion, which it happens in some places before.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

4 Apr 21

I would be terrified for sure

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

If it will be two aftershocks, I would be running fast out from my house.

@RasmaSandra (98033)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

5 Apr 21

Glad you are all right at least and I hope there is no more shaking going on, Believe it or not but I have felt shaking of the ground at least several times when I live in NYC and each time it felt funny and it gave me a strange feeling of fright because in NYC I lived in an apartment building and if that goes down forget it, Of course, NYC does not really have earthquakes but whey that happens now and then I do not know

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

I can relate to you when living in a tall building. How much more if the structure is very old. Either earthquake or not, it can make us feel the shaking of the ground and the same thing as the structure of a building or a house.

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@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

4 Apr 21

nay! i would be going out if i am inside our house and wait till the quake stops

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

5 Apr 21

It is a good thing that it was not an earthquake that continues at random.

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