A disturbance in the force

Today at 5pm local time there was some swaying back and forth in the building we are staying in. Nature was taking its course, releasing pent up energy in a decisive and climatic manner.
It was an earthquake. Offshore chile near the city of valparaiso about ~150km from Santiago (I'm guessing).
I wasn't in the building when it happened but Lori said she could feel it quite distinctively. I asked if she could feel the "up-down" motion first and then the "side-to-side". She only felt the side-to-side.
And that's about it. Nothing broke, everything seemed to continue normally. In fact, talking to relatives about it, anything under a 7 is not even considered and earthquake. (Reminds me of very picky guys at a bar - not even considered a girl unless shes a 7). It apparently happens so often that people don't even blink when it does happen. The buildings are all "anti-seismic" so there's "no worry" although anti-seismic means that buildings are designed to go with the flow and not resist the shaking. Quite scary, but safer than the alternative.
My cousin was saying how powerful the most recent earthquake was (~8.8) and how devastating the damage was. There seemed to be a sense of pride in terms of how resilient the Chilean people are. It was quite amazing to hear the stories.
I asked if there was an emergency procedure - he said "survive". I said that Chileans must be pretty good at that. He responded with "yes, though the Japanese took out glory with the 9.1!"