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Archive for April 11th, 2005

This doesn’t happen in Iowa

Monday, April 11th, 2005

Experienced two earthquakes today. Not sure how big the second one was, but the first was M6.0. A bit far from the epicenter, so was felt as 3 JMA where I live. Was just getting into the shower when I started feeling dizzy, except quickly realized it wasn’t dizziness but rather the room moving around me. Thirty seconds of random, lateral movements. The building was creaking and the light hanging from the ceiling was swinging gently. Exciting stuff. Second earthquake occurred while at work, this one lasting 20 seconds or so. Probably regret saying it, but earthquakes are entertaining. Kinda like tornadoes. Terrifying, but you want to run to the window and see what’s happening.