#3

11:19am– 4.5– Mercalli V– 96 tonnes

We had just finished up a series of skype calls.  I was looking up directions to Akaroa (a town south of here where Aaron and I are headed on our day trip this afternoon) when it started shaking.  It caught us off guard and seemed to last a bit longer than normal. I was just wondering whether to move into the doorway when it stopped.

2 seconds later our hotel manager knocked on our door to see if we needed towels.  “Did you feel that one?” Aaron asked.  “Oh, was that an earthquake?  I thought it was the wind” our manager, Charlie, replied.

I wonder how long it will take before I mistake earthquakes for wind.