Our 3rd Earthquake Happened Today

I just got done riding out the 3rd earthquake we've experienced since we've been here in CR. It was a 6.1 and the biggest in the world in the last 4 days. It was also the biggest we've ever been in. Thankfully it wasn't too bad. A few buildings in down town San Jose were cracked and messed up a little, but I don't think any fell, praise God.
See that big red circle in the pic. above? Yep, that's us on the seismic monitor web-site. Red means today, and the size indicates the magnitude.
I was at the Hollywood Video talking with Julio when it began. The floor started moving, I could see the widow pains in the buildings across the street flexing and moving. I ran to the entrance to the store (the doors were open), stood under the door frame and watched all the other folks up and down the street holding on to things too. Julio ran to steady the TV mounted on the wall. He was telling me, "Tranquilo, Tranquilo!" which means "It's ok/be clam." He could see I was a little freaked out by the whole thing, but I was really trying to stay calm.
Afterward he asked if we get those much where I'm from. I told him "Never." He asked me if I'd like to call Amie. The phone wasn't working. He said it's probably because everyone is calling everyone. I stayed a bit longer tried the phone again, no dice, then ran home. I wished so badly I could have been there with Amie and the children. As I ran I could only imagine that things had fallen off shelves and broken and scared the children. When I arrived Amie met me at the door and we asked each other simultaneously, "Are you alright?"
They were all fine. She was reading the children a book in their bed when it began. She said that Samuel started crying and the others, including herself, were afraid too. She mentioned the loud rumbling, but where I was I didn't hear anything. Probably because I was basically outside, and the TV in the store was going. Thankfully everything in the house was fine; no cracks in the walls and nothing broken.
It was so strange. I could almost see the street moving under me. Parked cars were shaking and their alarms were going off. I learned for a friend later that this was the biggest one that most Costa Ricans had seen in years. They are so used to them though that most just went back to life as usual. We're still calming down on the other hand. There have been a few little tremors still but nothing major.
A whole batch of new language school students just arrived this past week too. Well, welcome to Costa Rica!