The earth moved

There are places in Turkey that are prone to earthquakes; Antalya is not one of them. Nonetheless, that didn’t stop an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 from happening 11km from my home yesterday. It was the most bizarre experience you can imagine; I was sitting here minding my own business, when suddenly it felt like someone had grabbed our building by the collar and given it a good shaking. It lasted for about twenty seconds and then slowly faded away. People who were even closer to the epicentre have reported much more violent shaking that actually caused people to run out into the street. While I thought the earthquake was certainly interesting, I’m happy for that to be the last one we have for a while.