Nightime, got out of bed but couldnt get across the room.
Me too! I was living in a high set house in Goroka in the 1970 'quake - leapt out of bed to see if the kids were OK but ended up running into the bathroom next door to their room instead...
I think the one in 1972 was when Kar Kar Island erupted (?). I flew the DC and a couple of other bods out to the island in a Baron to take a look. What a sight! A brand new volcano in the middle of crater lake, spewing ash and lava and clouds of steam as the hot material hit the water. We did several orbits over it at a safe height and that's when I realised I'd forgotten my bloody camera....
