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Thursday Nov 15, 2007 #
surviving earthquake 40 [2]
After 5 aftershocks yesterday afternoon and a couple during the night I didn't notice, had another few earthquakes today, one of them a 6.8.
I'd start getting blasé only they're so bloody freaky :)
Got some of my own photos of the Radisson today and the cars it mashed. Will down- and up-load them this evening if poss.
I'd start getting blasé only they're so bloody freaky :)
Got some of my own photos of the Radisson today and the cars it mashed. Will down- and up-load them this evening if poss.
Note
I've finally started posting photos on the web:
http://picasaweb.google.fr/neil.dobbs
The Radisson is in Antofagasta. Kind of funny that Scandinavians are worse than locals at building... ;p
http://picasaweb.google.fr/neil.dobbs
The Radisson is in Antofagasta. Kind of funny that Scandinavians are worse than locals at building... ;p
Wednesday Nov 14, 2007 #
surviving earthquake warm up/down 50 [4]
What a welcome! Arrived in Antofagasta the night before, first day in the university. I was trying unsuccessfully to get into the bathroom in the maths department when the walls started shaking. I figured initially someone was erasing a blackboard on the other side and the walls were flimsy but as the intensity increased, that didn't make sense. The realisation slowly dawned on me the whole building was shaking and the only thing it could be was an earthquake. I looked into the classroom where the worried professor was making hopefully calming gestures at her students. I decided to get out, possible not the best of ideas but there was a nice external stairs without buildings above it, so it wasn't the worst of places.
Despite lasting for almost a minute and being one of the biggest (7.7 at the epicentre, maybe 6+ here) locals had felt in a long time, it did surprisingly little damage. Brick buildings built on bedrock are apparently pretty stable. The front awning of a hotel, made of concrete, did collapse crushing three expensive cars parked in front, which looked pretty cool :)
In Bartek's office, all the notes and books had fallen from the shelves and were in a huge pile on the floor.
We also had maybe 5 aftershocks, one of which was also pretty impressive, 5.5 at the centre.
There was no electricity all afternoon, got some back for a couple of hours in the late evening, then it went again. It came back at six in the morning, as I realised when the main bedroom light came back on. Doh.
PS the locals are much more afraid of a drop of rain than of earthquakes!!!
PPS Apparently I was white as a sheet afterwards (although most people here would say I'm white as a sheet all the time!).
Despite lasting for almost a minute and being one of the biggest (7.7 at the epicentre, maybe 6+ here) locals had felt in a long time, it did surprisingly little damage. Brick buildings built on bedrock are apparently pretty stable. The front awning of a hotel, made of concrete, did collapse crushing three expensive cars parked in front, which looked pretty cool :)
In Bartek's office, all the notes and books had fallen from the shelves and were in a huge pile on the floor.
We also had maybe 5 aftershocks, one of which was also pretty impressive, 5.5 at the centre.
There was no electricity all afternoon, got some back for a couple of hours in the late evening, then it went again. It came back at six in the morning, as I realised when the main bedroom light came back on. Doh.
PS the locals are much more afraid of a drop of rain than of earthquakes!!!
PPS Apparently I was white as a sheet afterwards (although most people here would say I'm white as a sheet all the time!).