Day 12: Earthquake!

Tonight, I experienced my first earthquake out here (or maybe an aftershock, I don’t know exactly what it was, everything just started shaking!). Apparently, there was an earthquake between 3.2-3.9 in Baja and since San Diego is so close to the border, we ended up feeling it. First off, I am very lucky that my first earthquake experience was a very minor one, but still, for someone who has never experienced an earthquake(at least that I can remember), going through an earthquake before, it was unusual. I was sitting on my bed and on my laptop and the bed started shaking somewhat. My aunt’s dog was underneath the bed, so I thought she must be shaking or moving or doing something under the bed that made it shake. Then it became obvious that it wasn’t the dog when the shaking got a little bit stronger. By the time I realized that it was an earthquake, it was pretty much over. The whole thing was no longer than 2 minutes. So pretty calm for an earthquake one can feel but still, another new experience for me out here.

~Lauren

EDIT: Guess the Baja one was not the one we felt last night. Actually it was from somewhere near Tijuana and it was a 5.7 earthquake, so here in San Diego it felt like a 4.7-4.9 earthquake. Wowwww.