An earthquake hit Guatemala a few days ago in a Department near us. A department is ike a Province in B.C. but much smaller or like a State in the US. I was in the office and felt my chair move a bit and thought to myself it was an earthquake. I asked someone else in the office if they felt anything and he said "no". I thought for sure I had felt something but then maybe it was just my chair. About half an hour later after picking up the kids from school we drove to our friends house to pick Noah up and they asked us right away if we felt the earthquake. There had been another one, while we were driving, and it was a bigger one. We didn't feel that one. Hannah, who is living with us for three months to help us out, was at home and said she felt the bed move. We were all safe and sound. Everone and everything in our town was ok. NO problems, no power outages, no injuries.
Here are some of the stats regarding the earthquakes from Monday Septemeber 19th:
12:00- 4.8
12:34- 5.8
13:17- 4.8
14:30- 4.5
18:22- 4.3
22:30- 5.8
The ones I felt were at 12 and then at 10:30pm. Hannah and our friends felt the 12:34 one. Otherwise we didn't really notice or feel the others. Thankfully! In the Department, Santa Rosa, where the epicenter of the quake was, 3 people died due to a house collapsing and a mudslide. The authorities do not believe there is anything further to worry about. An incident that is sad and we will need to be in prayer for those family members and friends who lost dear ones. We are thankful we are safe and that no others were injured or killed. So if you were wondering or heard about the earthquakes, there you go. That is as much info as I have. We love you all and feel safe and thankful. All we can do is pray, trust God, and be wise.
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