Temblores!

So yesterdat (Friday, September 25, 2009) I felt my first temblor (or tremor, miniearthquake)! And I actually felt two in the same day!

The first one was around noon my time while I was at the ISA office in my tutor session for spanish literature. We were all just sitting there listening to the tutor and then all of a sudden I felt the mild shaking. It is a feeling I can't explain. It was funny though because everyone was super calm about it, like we all acknowledged that it was a temblor, but everyone looked over at Erin and she was just elated. She thought it was the coolest thing ever. I mean yeah it was neat, but I don't think I want to ever be in a huge earthquake, but it was a cool feeling.

And then the second one was last night, no idea the time. Maybe like midnight or 1am, and we were all watching Michael Jackson music videos and then we all felt a slight temblor, but not as prominent as the first. But I guess it also depends on where you are, in certain places you can feel them better. Like my house in Viña, its in the cerros (hills) and has been built to withstand earthquakes so you can't really feel them here. But the more close you are to downtown or by the ocean, I guess the better you can. Because way down underneath those areas is just sand, and probably eventually ocean water still, so you can feel the tremors better there since its a different kind of foundation.

It's kind of weird though, I guess we have had a small temblor each day of this past week, but it wasn't until yesterday that I felt them. Maybe now I will be more tuned in, so I can recognize that its a little earthquake.

Just thought you all might like to know. I mean Chile is known for having little tremors all the time, but its pretty cool to actually feel them. Erin is like all for feeling a huge earthquake, I'll pass on that one since I don't want any destruction done. But I feel kind of special now to know I have felt an earthquake... not everyone could say that! :)