Earthquake - 地震!

Last Friday, while I was at the office, an earthquake hit. It was nothing big but it still was a relatively strong one. It was a 6.1 magnitude. Here is the article that I spotted in the Taipei Times.

Although this was one of those earthquakes that can be felt easily in Taipei, still during earthquakes people - like in my office - just continue working. People will notice of course, maybe stand still for a while, because you can feel the shaking (and see for example window blinds moving), but I mean no one starts to panic (maybe I looked a bit pale, not sure if others notice that :-)

During my time in Taiwan I've experienced several minor earthquakes, but I had my scariest earthquake moment in October 2004 when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit. That time, I did quickly make my way out of the building (I was at home at the 9th floor) because the shaking almost became violent, but it stopped after a short while. Still, there was no or little damage in the country as far as I can remember.

I should also say that Taiwan's earthquakes are still small ones when comparing them for example, to Japan's earthquakes. It's just another aspect of life here, and it does add some excitement!!!