Earthquake! NOT An April Fool’s Joke…

Yesterday at 6:16 p.m. I was on the sofa eating a bowl of yummy rice and veg when I felt the entire house shake with a SHARP jolt and a sound like something heavy fell on the floor.

Did the Wicked Witch of the East crash into my house?

For half a second, I looked around thinking something had fallen outside on the deck. The windchimes were all going crazy and there was no discernible wind. I was a bit confused for a minute, then a lightbulb went off in my brain and I hurriedly checked the earthquake app on my phone and sure enough, we had just had a 4.5 earthquake, subsequently downgraded to a 4.2.

There was no damage at Casa de Enchanted Seashells other than a few pictures that weren’t secured with earthquake gel became a little askew, but nothing broke, I’m glad to report.

Again this morning a little after 5 a.m., I sort of half woke up with the same sort of sharp jolting sensation but went right back to sleep without checking the earthquake app.

I slept until almost 7 a.m, and when I got up, I remembered that feeling and wanted to establish whether there WAS another earthquake or if was it just a dream, and I discovered there was a definite 3.2 earthquake at 5:10 a.m. in the same location.

It was real, not a dream!

Maybe it was a joke on all of us from Mother Nature, right? Did anyone else feel it?

Happy April, everyone!