Yikes! Messy. But at least the buildings are still standing up, which is often not the case with an earthquake. I think the birds do better in earthquakes, though. Aside from having their nests knocked out of the trees (only a major problem if they have flightless nestlings in them), they pretty much escape the whole earthquake thing by becoming airborne at the first tremor. I guess windstorms are the avian equivalent of earthquakes.

I'm glad that you and Newt got through it okay, and I hope you get your utilities back soon.