Tonight, I experienced my first earthquake in Costa Rica! Let me explain. I prepared dinner tonight again (I think my host mom likes it when I cook, so I've been cooking on Mondays and Wednesdays). I prepared Hawaiian chicken. Anyways, after dinner, my roommate and I were washing dishes when I heard the gate outside the front door rattling, but we didn't think anything about it. At that same moment, my host mom's parakeets were freaking out and squawking a lot. So about 5 minutes later, my host mom's brother comes home and the first thing he asks is if we felt the tremors from the earthquake. We were in shock because we didn't feel anything! That's when I pieced two and two together and realized the gate was rattling because there was an earthquake just then. The weird thing is that I talked to some of my friends after it happened and even the ones who live down the street from me said they felt the earthquake strongly, and one of my friends even had to evacuate her house for a few minutes! I was so confused as to why we didn't feel anything, but people around us did. I also was a little disappointed that we didn't feel it because I thought it would have been cool to feel a slight one! (just nothing too dangerous or devastating!)
After all that excitement, I was on FaceTime with my mom when suddenly, my bedside table and water bottle began to shake slightly! I couldn't believe it - another tremor happened. I was sitting on my bed but I don't think I felt the bed move that much. My mom said maybe it's because my host mom's house is built on a stable foundation, so that's why we didn't feel it when others did. It was crazy; experiencing an earthquake for the first time!
Supposedly, in Costa Rica, I heard that the country experiences an earthquake in some part of the country every day. Majority of them are so small and quick that they are never felt. So for those of you who are reading, don't worry! Back when we were going on the excursion to the Arenal Volcano, my program director told us that when we were on the bus heading to the resort, there was an earthquake but we probably didn't feel it. That one was a little stronger and I believe it actually made headlines on the news. Well, enough excitement for one night! Time to get back to my schoolwork so I can enjoy this weekend at Tamarindo! :-)
After all that excitement, I was on FaceTime with my mom when suddenly, my bedside table and water bottle began to shake slightly! I couldn't believe it - another tremor happened. I was sitting on my bed but I don't think I felt the bed move that much. My mom said maybe it's because my host mom's house is built on a stable foundation, so that's why we didn't feel it when others did. It was crazy; experiencing an earthquake for the first time!
Supposedly, in Costa Rica, I heard that the country experiences an earthquake in some part of the country every day. Majority of them are so small and quick that they are never felt. So for those of you who are reading, don't worry! Back when we were going on the excursion to the Arenal Volcano, my program director told us that when we were on the bus heading to the resort, there was an earthquake but we probably didn't feel it. That one was a little stronger and I believe it actually made headlines on the news. Well, enough excitement for one night! Time to get back to my schoolwork so I can enjoy this weekend at Tamarindo! :-)