Oops! Did I do that?

Well, last night I managed to experience my first TWO earthquakes. I'm sure it has nothing to do with my post a few days ago where I wished I could experience one, so I would know what it was like.

I was browsing through my favorite blogs, my husband was playing with his Flight Simulator. The floor was shaking, I said "what the hell is that??" thinking it was some kind of truck or our 20lb cat running through the apartment at breakneck speeds. My husband laughed and said it was an earthquake. I told him he was lying, that he was just pounding the floor with his feet to tease me. Pretty quickly I realized it couldn't be a human made movement. It was a bit disconcerting, but wasn't exactly what I had expected. Even the cats seemed oblivious to the fact that the earth had shaken beneath them, although they were crowding around the window. About thirty minutes later, it happened again. I was sure we were just waiting for the Big One next, and at this point, I was downright freaked out.

It turns out they were something like a 4.0 and a 3.2, centered in Kilkis, a city north of Thessaloniki. There were two other earthquakes in the Greek region last night and this morning, but supposedly, seismologists say we have nothing to worry about.

I'll panic quietly to myself now, thank you.