first off, chileans don't seem to consider it an earthquake (terremoto) unless it's bigger than about 7.2 on the seismic scale. anything smaller than this is deemed a "temblor" (tremor), thus indicating that it's not considered a big deal. this is funny to me because everyone freaks out in california if an earthquake is above a 5.0
i've felt two strong earthquakes (or i guess, tremors) here in Chile, both of which occurred in the middle of the night and woke me up right away. there was a third really large one (7.1) with the epicenter very close to Valparaiso where i happened to be the exact same day but i was on a bus half asleep and for some reason did not notice, i just woke up to multiple texts telling me to get away from the ocean because there were tsunami warnings.
the first earthquake i felt in Santiago was a 6.0 and the second was a 6.2. my building was constantly shaking for at least 60 seconds with a significant amount of force. and it was pretty awesome. car alarms were going off outside and all the street dogs were howling like crazy. luckily the shaking stopped and i didn't have to evacuate!
but now let's get to the good stuff:
the iconic chilean drink: el terremoto, accurately named due to its side effects - you will be stumbling after just one glass (or half, speaking from experience)
la receta:
pipeño (a type of sweet fermented white wine)
a scoop of helado de piña (pineapple icecream)
topped with another liquor - at the popular janky chilean bar that many of us love to go to, they use fernet
and let me tell you, they are delicious. especially the ice cream part!
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| lining up the terremotos! at LA PIOJERA |
and now a few photos of our last outing to La Piojera
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