Sunday, February 11, 2018

Earthquake in Korea--Again

This past Sunday (11. Feb. '18), I experienced my 2nd earthquake in my life--and 2nd in Korea.

I was sleeping in my apartment on my bed, with my sprained ankle on an extra pillow. Then I felt it.
It wasn't much, but it was too strong for any vehicle that usually passes that way.
I grabbed my phone to see what time it was: 5:04.
As I set it down, I started to wonder if I should go outside. I have a sprained ankle (that was getting better, but was still weak). Could I escape quickly enough?
I looked at my phone again and saw an "extreme alert" message-- entirely in Korean.
I could read it and understand maybe half of it. I definitely understood there was indeed an earthquake. The epicenter was near Pohang (just like last time), and it registered as 4.6 on the Moment Magnitude Scale. It occurred at 5:03 in Pohang.

This is becoming interesting.

I'll leave the definition of "interesting" up to you.


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