It was 2:25 when we were ambushed out of our beds.
Half asleep, the floor was trembling,
the walls were rattling and panic was ahead.
I jumped up from the bed out of instinct,
only to find myself struggling to remain standing.
There were loud panic screams and crashing of many things.
Those 45 seconds felt like an eternity,
I was confident that just out side, there was a
hurricane with lots of water, waves and might...
When it passed, amongst all the commotion,
I stepped outside to find that the sea stood still like fine wine.
There was no wind, no waves, and no might,
the only fear was that a tsunami would attack us that night.
Dumbfounded by the forces of nature,
we sat there in reflection and prayed for our protection.
Half asleep, the floor was trembling,
the walls were rattling and panic was ahead.
I jumped up from the bed out of instinct,
only to find myself struggling to remain standing.
There were loud panic screams and crashing of many things.
Those 45 seconds felt like an eternity,
I was confident that just out side, there was a
hurricane with lots of water, waves and might...
When it passed, amongst all the commotion,
I stepped outside to find that the sea stood still like fine wine.
There was no wind, no waves, and no might,
the only fear was that a tsunami would attack us that night.
Dumbfounded by the forces of nature,
we sat there in reflection and prayed for our protection.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck northeast of Roatan in Honduras early on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake that hit 39 miles northeast of Roatan, Islas de la Bahia, had a shallow depth of 6.2 miles.
A tsunami watch was in effect for Honduras and Belize, Guatemala, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. The quake, which struck at 0824 GMT (4:24 a.m. EDT), was originally reported to have a 7.4 magnitude.
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