basil, as a 13 year old kid my family moved to sacramento california, one early morning i was awoken by what i thought was thunder then i was thrown out of bed and onto the floor, it was just a small earthquake but it really scared the heck out of me, felt totally helpless, its for sure an event i never want to experience again, i just cant imagine an earthguake with the magnitude of this one in japan, and how badly all those people were effected, and all those poor people that lost there lives.