From a friend in Cayo....Holy shit!!! EARTHQUAKE! I'm on my third floor computer room and frigging computers are coming off the table. WOOOOOW! 4:14 a.m. Thursday Dec. 31st.
(he was online at this time. writing about something else. when the earthquake hit! this was right in the middle of his message!)later....
Gustavo on the 2nd floor, below my trading room, said he woke up with the bed jumping around. I was busy trying to save the computers and peaking out of the corner of my eye, to see if the roof would stay on. Then I wondered about my height and the building, but you cannot do anything at the time. You cannot even stand. Silvia said she slept through it on the ground floor.
another friend....I felt it too.� Jumped out of bed and was halfway to the front door when it stopped.� It also freaked out my cats.
4.8, 4:12 AM, almost due east of Placencia - it's on the USGS site.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009qwa8.php#detailsanother friend, in Placencia....I think it's about the same place as last time. And tell me about scary. I was just drifting back to sleep (after having been woken up by a rambunctious kitten) when it started. I was out of bed and on my feet so fast even I couldn't believe it.
I'm just now settling with the insurance company from the last quake, and will get an estimate on repairs next week. First thought was, oh, no, not again.