It’s not funny.

It’s scary.
About 1125pm?
(There is an update on “latest quake” from GeoNet confirming the quake and had a Richter magnitude of 5.9)

It felt like someone was trying hard to bulldoze the house down.
I could see my ceiling light swaying around.
I could feel the whole floor shake, from side to side.
My legs are still shaky and I can’t stand up properly.
There wasn’t any warning.
To think I thought someone was knocking on the door and wall, REAL hard.
It felt like that initially, someone banging on the walls.
Then the floor shook…I thought it’d never end.
It probably lasted a few seconds but it felt longer than that.
I’m spooked – I feel like crying.
I feel especially vulnerable when I haven’t got anyone here.
I thank God I’ve got a housemate who is local, who knows what to do.

She called out to me but I didn’t hear. Not until it was over and I got out of my room.

“You know what to do when it happens, right?”
“No. This is the very first earthquake I’ve ever experienced. My legs are shaky.”
“You get under a doorway, or under the table.”
*nod*

In my state of fear, when the whole house was shaking, I cried, “God, help!”

It’s scary. Very scary.

I’m afraid it’ll happen again but Carmen said if there is more, it should’ve been here already as the tremors/quake would be one after another(!!!)