Today we were in class - learning various grammar rules when our desks started to shake. Guatemala is located on the pacific rim and is no stranger to earthquakes. We experienced a tremor today that lasted 10ish seconds. For both of us it was the first time to experience such a thing. If you've listened to the news you probably heard that Chili experienced a major earthquake today, the tremor that we experienced today was probably related to that earthquake.
We are very much looking foward to leaving Antigua this Friday - it is definitely time for a break from school! As we've said in previous posts, we'll be spending Thanksgiving in Villa Nueva with several other Americans there. Language school continues to be going well - from the estimation of our teachers we should finsh with all of the grammar in the next 4-6 weeks and then we will spend the rest of our time in language school reinforcing what we have learned so quickly while learing peripheral gramatic things. As for now, our brains are toasted and we cannot wait for a school/homework free week!
Random Guatemala fact for today: There are 3 notable earthquakes in past century - April 19, 1902 measured 7.5, February 4, 1976 measured 7.5, and June 13, 2007 (a earthquake off the shore of Guatemala) measured 6.7.
Today's little tremmor pales in comparasion to those mentioned above.
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It wasn't one of the big ones, but it was a 5.3... much more than we ever felt in West Texas. See here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/ortho/270_0.php
Every time I feel one I go there to see what it says- has it listed in less than an hour.
Hey Lee and Staci. Sounds like things are pretty interesting ther. I hope all is well and have a good thanks giving.
That last comment was from Taylor
Yeah, always interesting - shoot me a mail at leemaroonjarvis@gmail.com - i've got some stories that you might be interested specifically interested in.
Earthquake or Severe Weather? Which one is worse? Glad to hear y'all are doing well!
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