Earthquake – February 2018
On Friday Shari and Hannah had just left for the women’s conference in Jesús MarÃa when the 7.2 magnitude quake was felt here in Ixtapaluca. It was certainly a good shake, lasting around 2 minutes.
Thankfully, no new damage in our house that we can see, although it did cause one or two temporary leaks in our bathroom.
Then the power went out for a couple of hours, along with cell phone service.
Thankfully, as far as we know no one was killed in the quake, although more homes in the state of Oaxaca (where the epicentre was) were damaged.
About an hour later, an aftershock hit, just slightly felt where we live.
Just before 1am this morning, we felt another aftershock, this one magnitude 5.9.
Courtesy USGS
That being said, continue to pray for people whose homes have been damaged/destroyed. And also for those who continue to be fearful. It’s high stress when the ground keeps moving, but all the more when you have no Solid Rock to hold onto.
20 February 2018 @ 12:54 am
Can only imagine what it must be like to feel the ground moving under me! Sure comforting to know we have the Lord, our Solid Rock, with us always!