terremoto

News travels fast, doesn't it? I arrived home from class half an hour ago to find three e-mails inquiring whether or not I was okay.

To be honest, I had no idea there was even an earthquake until I checked my e-mail. I felt nothing here in Santiago. Apparently the shaking started when I was on the bus coming home. If I had been at home I probably would have felt it. According to the news, the epicenter was located 1,260km north of Santiago.

Chile is one of the most seismically-active places on Earth. I usually feel small tremors every other week or so. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth happened near Valdivia, in the south of Chile, in the 1960s. Luckily the epicenter was miles offshore and thus much damage was avoided.

Thank you, everyone, for your concern!