Last night I was studying in my bed when the room started shaking. I thought the girls upstairs were jumping on their bed or something, but it turns out, it was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake. It originated several hundred miles away, so there was no damage in Istanbul, but it was still pretty exciting. I guess that's one more event to cross off my natural disaster bingo card!
Here's some more information about the quake if you're interested-- obviously a 5.9 quake is pretty severe so there was a lot of damage in the town and surrounding province.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=5.9-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-western-turkey-2011-05-19
(The Hurrityet is one of the most prominent newspapers in the country, in case you don't recognize the name.)
Hi Carolyn, I imagine it was very "exciting" being so close to a big earthquake like that. Glad Istanbul didn't suffer any damage and hope those nearer the epicentre didn't sustain too much damage either. You certainly are getting your share of different experiences! Good luck with finals. Sandy x
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