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
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Martin Heinrich was a German cartographer and a professor at the University of Berne. He was also a popular writer of children's books. In 1805, he wrote the book "A Child's First Book of Natural History" which contained a detailed description of an earthquake that had just occurred in Europe. In his book, he described the earthquake as being so powerful that it woke him up and made him run out of his bed and shout to his friends. He claimed that this was the first time he had ever experienced an earthquake and he was very excited by the experience.

Source: The Wild Muir: Twentytwo Of John Muirs Greatest Adventures

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