How an Earthquake Feels

A Primer for Those Who Have Never Had the Pleasure

Photo of an adult walking down a paved asphault road that has been mostly destroyed by natural disaster. The top half of the image is gray, cloudy sky. The background landscape is mountainous and forested. The camera is set in the damaged part of the road. Photo by Dave Goudreau on Unsplash.

My early life was spent in the safety and security of a place with little by way of natural disasters. Forest fires were our biggest issue. We had one tiny tornado once in 20 years, and it hurt no one. We never had earthquakes.

In my early 20s, I lived in Oklahoma while it was still being heavily fracked. Did you…