Earthquake

Wow, I did not feel a thing; apparently, the earthquake was so strong it was felt in Taiwan, Vietnam, and Thailand. The tallest building in Shanghai was evacuated. Funny, I didn't feel anything; The tallest building is about 30 minutes walk from my apartment across the HuangPu River. I was in my Chinese lesson at home. The epicenter was about 56K from Chengdu; this city was the entry point to Tibet as well as to the national park north of the province where Chengdu is the capital city. Good thing we were not in Chengdu today. We are scheduled to be there sometime in June though. Hope there won't be any more strong quake.

Maybe I should take the stairs today rather than using the elevator.

Update: See this article. Funny, all these buildings are within 5 minutes walking from my apartment; they felt the shake; but me and my teacher never felt anything. Must be the height of the building that transfer the shake from the ground. A wave length thingy (pretty scientific explanation huh? )