I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though....

“ I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though I hadn ever before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, "A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake" feeling sure I was going to learn something. ”

John Muir

From : The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures