Dr. Niki Hearty, Hospital, President
Department of Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine (200 inpatients)
Apr. 14 9:26pm – Magnitude (M) 6.5 earthquake. Everybody thought it was the main quake, but it was actually the foreshock. After the foreshock, nobody anticipated there would be another larger quake, but there was.
A day later, 1:25 AM of the 16th, the main quake, M 7.3 occurred.
Many houses and buildings collapsed. Many people were frightened of having another big quake, so they slept in their cars. They experienced hopelessness after they cleaned up all the mess in their houses and then an even much worse quake came, creating more destruction. Read more