The clock had struck four minutes past four when Pia Bjuhr was violently awakened from her sleep.
- As a Kirunabo, I immediately understood what it was all about.
I think the tremors have become more and more powerful in recent years.
Concern for the daughter
The Kiruna mine was temporarily closed after the quake, but reopened in the morning.
- My daughter works in the mine and I always think of her as soon as there is an earthquake.
Of course I'm worried that something might happen to her.
In a previous quake she was underground working but this time I knew she was off, thank God.
I think the tremors are stronger
Pia Bjuhr works as a teacher herself but has previously been employed at Kirunagruvan.
- In my time, there weren't that many big earthquakes.
We live beyond new Kiruna, further from the mine, but still an earthquake can be felt strongly.
Not because I think our houses are collapsing, LKAB surely has full control when they make their calculations, but I think of my daughter in the mine and I think of my son who goes to high school where the walls are cracking, says Pia Bjuhr.