Earthquake

[tokyo_mb]

"Strong Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan"

Well, that was entertaining... 27 floors up in my office, a 6.8 on the Japanese 7 point scale for earthquakes, fortunately centred a reasonable distance (200km) away in Niigata prefecture.

EDIT: That's now the third big aftershock (one, two, three). Had they not turned the elevators off, I might be

Comments

[lilitufire]

You know, that's just a hint to stop working... :)

I have a lunch date at one, so I'm not sure if we'll make contact or not. Give me a ring when you get home?

Love you,

L

[haggisthesecond]

oh my gosh! just saw that on the news. I hope you're safe!

[tokyo_mb]

I'm safe and well, thank you Isabel.

My post probably sounds more alarming than it actually was in Tokyo. The thing that keeps me on my toes is that once the building has started moving, you never know quite how big the tremor is going to be...

[onespiceybbw]

i'm assuming you're out by now, but i seem to remember reading in my earthquake book that many people are killed trying to run out of buildings during a quake.

[tokyo_mb]

Indeed staying indoors is meant to be safer.