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On the National day of Iceland 17th June one of the biggest earthquake to hit Iceland struck at around 4 pm, it was about 7.5 on richter, all the south part of the country felt it and most of the west.
It was very lucky that it truck at this hour and a strange coincidence because most people were outside in open areas celebrating, some houses near the origin were almost completely demolished and thank god no one was at home.
I was in Reykjavik working in a convenience store at the time me, the assistant manager and another worker were in the storage area talking when all of a sudden everything started shaking, I didn't realise what the hell was going on, thought a truck had hit the building or something. When we checked there was no damage in the store, or at all in the "city", only one box of kitty food fell from the shelves... [img]smile.gif[/img] My family lives close to the area were it hit, but they were okey, some glasses and dishes had broken and my grandparents greenhouse was pretty badly damaged, but most importantly no one was hurt
2 days later another quake happened, this time "only" 5 but this time it happened at night, again no one was hurt, Icelandic houses are built to tollerate at least 7..
But it was a very scary experience [img]smile.gif[/img]
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