I've been able to talk with him off and on. Here's some of his own words:
"so what went through your mind as it started?"
Oh, it's the wind
Then next thing I know
I'm on the ground sort of
then everything started going insane
lost up and down
I stumbled to stairs, and gracefully fell down them
all 6 flights lol
wallet fell out in hotel, lucky
went back and grabbed it in room
still shaking some
every shake
scares me shitless
got to go
Says aftershocks are still going off every 20 minutes.
I hope he's able to get home safely. He's lucky though, compared to the people in the North.
If anyone has any questions for him, I'll relay them.