About half past nine this morning while I was at work, the building started rattling and the floor started shaking. Yes, it was an earthquake - the first that wasn't a trivial tremor that I've ever felt. This region isn't really known for its quakes although obviously they do happen occasionally. It measured 6.0 but its epicentre was about 180 kilometres away in the country, so the consequences weren't too great. One building in Melbourne did have a wall collapse though.

Magnitude 2.55, from the same location as the last one. I'm waiting for the aftershock now, but holy crap. I just finished my writing session for tonight when suddenly an earthquake hits.

Oh boy.

Though there's a chance it might've been the rock/sand quarry there using dynamite again. They've done it before and it's caused earthquakes back when I lived near there.

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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook me awake. It's the first time in many decades, if not more, that the county I live in has been hit by a major earthquake.

Yes, this is how Chile works. I'm fine, thanks for asking.

Hi, everyone.

As I'm assuming most of you know, Mexico was hit with a terrible earthquake yesterday, on the anniversary of an earthquake that ravaged the country 32 years ago. Because fate is cruel that way.

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Had an earthquake this morning that made me almost fall off the bed!! it was a small one but still.

Some of you may have heard of an event that happened here in Alaska. This event occurred on November 30. The event I am talking about was a large earthquake. Listed as a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, it happened only seven miles out of Anchorage, and it was the largest one I've faced in the years I've lived here. I've lived in Anchorage since 2012 or 2013. This was baffling to me. Almost everything I had in my room was off its shelves, save for a handful of things.

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Ok, so we had an 8.something earthquake at about midnight last night.

Nothing happened here where I live. I'm fine. People didn't even go outside screaming in terror. We just waited it out and took videos of lamps and chandeliers moving.

So yeah, I'm fine. You can now go back to your regular activities.

Just witnessed my first earthquake...
For everyone that lives near a fault line you know what to expect, but I live way up in Montana. Even though we are the 4th active state when it comes to them, the first is scary. We never have them active enough to feel, so I am still shaking. We had a big one at about 12:30 in the morning, and as I type this, we got hit with an aftershock. Hard to believe that I can suffer from them way up here...

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We just had a 7.2 earthquake and things are a bit crazy at the moment. Me and my friends are alright and no one seems to have been hurt too much, but the city is in total shutdown and the roads out of town have been closed until further notice. Send your prayers our way and hope that this is as much as we have to deal with at the moment.

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So, we just had an earthquake.

Not used to those where I live. Very weird.

Nothing bad where I am, but whoa... I've never been in one before.

Still waiting to see what magnitude it was so I don't know yet.

Update: 6.5 magnitude at the epicenter. Damn.

Here’s a story about rainbow-coloured clouds, shock waves, and the boundary between science and superstition. But this one is without flying ponies.

On May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province, China, some beautiful rainbow-coloured clouds appeared in the sky, causing many people to turn their heads, and several amateur film makers to shoot videos which would appear on YouTube.

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so here is a random question that just popped into my head. and that is, how will ponies react to earthquakes?

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Last month, a devastating earthquake rocked the Iran-Iraq border. BBC describes it as “the deadliest in the world this year,” with more than 400 people left dead and thousands injured. Major news outlets are reporting that the Iran-Iraq earthquake was a 7.3 magnitude. According to NBC News,

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12 days after "the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in more than a century", we got a 7.1 eartquake. Softer, but the bloody earthquake had a much, much closer epicentre (like 100km versus some 1,000km). My city is currently in ruins, and I'm afraid of what I will find when I get off work. At least I know my apartment and my various family members and friends are okay as well, but the next few days/weeks could be... rough.

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So I woke up in Kyoto at 8am this morning to a literal earthquake of 5.3 magnitude that had it’s epicenter literally miles from my Airbnb.

We were stranded in Kyoto for most of the day because the public transport system was screwed, but made it safely to Osaka. I have Flitter with me and am taking pictures.

I have lots I want to write, and stuff will start to come out after I get back to the states next week.

In light of all these devastating recent events, I just wanted to post about one of my favorite charities, Samaritan's Purse International Relief. Samaritan's Purse provides disaster and medical relief all over the world, including the hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico, Texas, and Florida.
Click on the link below to donate:

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/donation-items/hurricane-relief-general/

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I have been playing some games recently, those games being one of the main reasons for me not to write anything. However, the most recent game is almost over and I am hoping to be able to concentrate on writing after that. I still have a couple of games waiting in line, but I seriously need to take a break before playing them. I tend to use a lot of time on every single game I play. I'm not just rushing through them and I want to get most of the trophies too. I have to say, those games

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How would one best describe this year in one single word?

Let's not beat around the bush here, 2020 is without a doubt one of the worst years in human history. Here's a list of terrible things that mankind had to suffer through,
. Australia's bushfires

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