Dear Friends & Family,
I’ve heard it said several times that it’s actually a good thing that Oaxaca has frequent “small” earthquakes because it lets the pressure loose a little at a time & then we don’t have one HUGE one! (I honestly don't know if it works that way or not, but it is a comforting thought!)
Even living in the USA, you might’ve heard by now that we had another rattling earthquake here this morning? When I check my email (hotmail) & log off, msnbc.com news pops up ~ I first saw it online there.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42471662/ns/world_news-americas/
So here are the details:
It happened at 8:11 our time (9:11 EST), while I was teaching Math class in the library.
At first, we all just looked around at the shaking glass windows & the bookshelves, wondering if they were going to fall.
Once our brains realized it was an earthquake & it was continuing, we all crouched down, as we were recently taught…saying things like, "This is a LONG one!"
One of my students said, “This is the longest one I’ve ever felt in my whole entire life!”
I guess it was probably just over a minute long? Of course, when you’re in the middle of something “scary” like that, time goes by much more slowly. But, another adult here said the same thing; that they thought it was definitely longer than a minute of shaking.
Ironically (or Providentially), for the last couple of weeks, OCS has been training staff & students on what to do in the event of an earthquake. We have been told the most recent research & our classes have been trained.
One of my students said, “It’s a good thing we just learned about this yesterday! How did they know it was going to happen today anyway?”
We are Praising the Lord that there were no injuries & no damage!
Please, continue to pray for our Health & Safety, as we live in a land with frequent “small” earthquakes!
For anyone who is curious ~ here are reports on this morning’s quake from 2 different websites.
Mexico’s national seismology service, who reported it as a 6.7. http://www.ssn.unam.mx/ go to the first tab that says "Sismidad reciente" and click "ultimos sismos"
You’ll see the details of our most recent one in RED, showing that it was larger than a 6.0.
This site is fascinating, because it reports not only the large earthquakes, but all of the seismic activity.
You can see there were already 96 earthquakes 3.0 & higher in Mexico this past week!
The USGS (United States Geological Survey) reported it as a 6.5
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002kru.php#details
Again, thank you for your concern & your prayers!
Still Counting His Blessings,
Jenn <><
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