We live on the 22nd floor. Our parents are out of the country right now. Have been for a couple of weeks. There was an earthquake a week ago. I(18) just grabbed my sisters(13 and 11) and ran down the fire escape. Called our mom who instructed us to drive to our aunt’s and stay there.
The next morning, I called the condo admin who said that our building doesn’t have any cracks and we can return. But our aunt didn’t want us to go home right away and asked me to stay for an extra couple of nights.
My sisters wanted to go home right away though. Stiff necks and backs from sleeping on the sofa. So I called my mom who told me it’s my call.
I ended up deciding to wait for an extra few days. Told them to stay at our aunt’s while I went to buy them a couple of pillows.
On the fourth day, I got a call from one of my friends at the condo saying that a team of engineers inspected the building and determined that it’s safe.
So I drove them back, checked with the admin and we moved back in. They are still talking about stiff backs though.