It really is unusual to have such an occurance over here!

I watched a news report last night in which a fireman and his family told how they had been sitting after breakfast, and then the quake struck and smoky dust billiowed into the room. He had to get both his kids out of the house, guided only by their screams in the thick smoke. It sounds so scary, the type of horror story we aren't really used to happening in the UK.

Thank goodness, though, that there were no deaths and only one casualty. I hope her recovery is swift.