Earthquake

Early this morning, at about 6:50 AM I was awoken by my lamp rattling against my wall and the curtains shaking. After being confused about what had happened, we learned of a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that occurred on the border of northern Thailand and Laos, which is close to where we are currently staying in Chiang Mai. News articles reported that the earthquake was felt as far south as Bangkok and that the sky scrapers were swaying in the early morning as a result. The shaking was minor and not harmful to us in any way but interesting to experience a natural occurrence that doesn't happen in New England.