Living in the vicinity of the Pacific Ring of Fire - which means volcanos, quakes, etc. you'd think it was less of a surprise to semi-wake at 3 am yesterday to feel the floor rumbling beneath me. No, it's not my husband wheeling himself across the floor on his computer chair, it's an earthquake.
Unlike Japan though, we don't get that many noticeable quakes in the Philippines despite having a number of active volcanos and one that blew its top in the 2nd most spectacular eruption of that century. So that mild quake at 3am was a light shake compared to 1991's fiasco caused by the massive volcanic eruption that killed hundreds and changed the landscape around Pinatubo forever.
Anyway if you've ever experienced a quake like that in your lifetime, anything smaller just feels a little funny when you're only half awake and you're wondering whether you should run down to the nearest doorway or go back to sleep.
If you need any reminders of the incident, here are some images to refresh your memory.
http://randalcarr.tripod.com/pinatubo/
http://www.wtfo.com/~rodl/pinatubo/pinatubo.html
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