Well, Monday night at 7:50, as we were sitting watching a bit of TV with both kids nestled snug in their beds, the house started to shake. A fair bit, actually. After it was over, Aaron looked at me and said, "maybe we should have gone and stood in a doorway or something." It has taken till today, but the earthquake is finally turning up on global earthquake monitoring sites as a 4.4 on the Richter. The epicentre was just 40 kms from here, which is probably why we felt it so strongly.
The earthquake was all the buzz Tuesday. The weather had turned cloudy and cool suddenly, and all the Peruvians were claiming that in spite of scientific consensus, earthquakes cause the weather to change suddenly.
Then Wednesday morning at 3:45 I was awakened by another earthquake. By the time I was awake enough to consider doing anything about it, it was over. Sure enough, Wednesday dawned sunny and warm, and the Peruvians confirmed their belief that earthquakes change the weather.
I've only felt 4 earthquakes since we've been here - apparently there have been 6 noteworthy ones in that time - and two of them were this week. I've been scouring the internet for some evidence of meaning in the quick succession of earthquakes, but so far I'm coming up with nothing. It's probably indicative of nothing much, other than a bit of plate tectonics.
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I experienced three or four earthquakes that were over 4 in Kaohsiung. The last one was over 6 at the epicentre. I wasn't sure where a safe place to hide would be (doorframe? under a strong table?) but I did get away from the windows. After a while, you start to just shrug at the little ones, but those big ones always freak you out.
Yeah - apparently there was one on Saturday that was over 6, but the epicentre was almost 200 kms from here. Lots of people felt it, but I was in a crowded restaurant when it happened and nobody there felt it at all.
But, 3 in one week, as it turns out.
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