MSF in Pakistan | An MSF field blog

MSF in Pakistan | An MSF field blog:

At the end of the afternoon I’m talking with a colleague in the hallway of our office. Behind him, someone comes running out of the logistical office. “Look at that” she says, pointing to the ceiling fan. It’s swinging. Someone else runs outside from another office, over his shoulder he shouts that there is an earthquake. Everybody who is standing in the hallway does not feel the movement of the earthquake. We quickly direct everyone out of the office and wait outside for what is coming.

The buckets filled with sand, which are hanging outside the office to be used as fire extinguishers, are swinging back and forth like toy buckets. When, after a minute or two, they start to swing less everything seems calm again. However we wait outside for a while until it seems really quiet. Inside the office my colleagues switch off their computers and go home, just like every day. We then start receiving news by text messages and news websites, it was more than just a small earthquake.