‘Excuse me, what?’ Chloe looked aghast.
‘Only small ones,’ Lorenzo said. ‘It is not something to worry about.’
‘Well, I don’t know about that,’ said Jake. ‘Looks like every six years or so there’s a massive one that wipes out whole cities.’
‘Again, nothing to worry about.’ Lorenzo shot Jake a warning look as he reset the table and picked up the scattered cups. ‘We have many little tremors throughout the year, but normally they are not even strong enough to wake you if you are asleep.’
‘Could have warned us about that,’ said Chloe.
‘It does tell us something interesting about the architecture of the Inca buildings, however,’ said Tito. ‘One of the reasons there is no mortar used between the stones is so that nothing can break apart during a tremor. The stones jump up and down, then res
