March 18th, 2020
I woke up this morning early, around 5AM. I slept poorly last night.

I started working and at around 7AM, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake happened.

I've experienced earthquakes, but never like this one. The whole complex was shaking violently and it lasted for about 20 seconds.

I was with my mom and we experienced it together.

I was very scared for my life.

Something about it being really early in the morning (still dark) and with the whole COVID-19 lockdown, the whole thing just felt so eerie.

And the aftershocks were really bad - all day - the floor was shaking and rumbling and there were a reported 50+ aftershocks, with a few that were 4+ on the Richter scale.

This was the biggest earthquake to hit Utah since 1992. The epicenter was about 12 miles away from my apartment.

This morning, I felt like I was starting to get more "used to" the coronavirus situation - and was excited to get a big start on the day - then this happened.

I hope tomorrow will be fresh.

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