Hello Hive account@jesuslnrs, I am really sorry to hear this devastating news. I watched it live on the news and was stunned with the magnitude of the damage. As you said though, for some of us it's almost like a routine so we have learned how to deal with it and the infrastructure supports it hence minimizing the casualties. So, hearing how big the damage was, I was surprised. I hope you are safe and continue to be alert at least a day or two because typically, they are always followed with aftershocks, so it's best to stay away from taller buildings considering many I saw are collapsing. It's unfortunate that the construction was made without considering that the country is on a fault lines.

Oh and you may feel like the ground is constantly shaking for a while. It's not. Your mind tricks you as you experienced stresses. One of the trick I learned is to watch the glass of a water. If it shakes too then it's an earthquake, if it's not then it's not an earthquake.