Sand tracing pendulum records earthquake

I actually experienced this earthquake. I was in elementary school gym class at the time.

We were playing basketball and it all started with the chains holding the backboards in place by gravity started clanging and making a ruckus. I thought my gym teacher had dunked at first. But it became louder and more rythmic.

I then noticed how uncoordinated dribbling and walking had become. Until it finally dawned on me what was going on. It was only the second earthquake I had ever felt and the first was like a 3.0 something.

A few years before our teacher had constructed an exercise on what to do during natural disasters. Such as lying flat on the ground for a thunder storm. Running to a certain part of the gym (designated high ground) for a tsunami. Or running against the walls of the gym and covering our heads for an earthquake.

I was one of about maybe a dozen who remembered that game and followed what we had learn. Many others were transfer military brats or were too dumbfounded to react. Some followed suit but many didn't.

In the end we were all fine, the school was only about 10 years old at the time and well built for earthquakes.

I'll never forget how this one jock asshole loudly proclaimed how the earthquake was fake. And the gym teacher be flabbergasted at his ignorance.

Anyways that's the end of drunken story time. Hope you enjoyed the ramble.

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News article on it. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98728&page=1