Earthquake
Just arrived home from Sendai safe and sound. We were on the other coast (East) to where the epicentre was (on the West coast and a little bit more North) when it happened this morning. I felt it shake the room, and it lasted for about 10 seconds, but it was only a 3 where we were. However it was over double this magnitude in Niigata - 6.8, which is on the serious level - leaving houses and temples collapsed and over 5 people dead.
The train was fine for us, but in the other direction, everything was delayed. Tokyo station was, as you could expect, chaos.
The televisions have been so fast to report everything; it took less than a minute to start showing it. From what I've seen, there are huge cracks in the road, landslides everywhere and trains derailed.
The strange thing is, Japan was devoured by its biggest typhoon over Saturday and Sunday, so everyone was expecting that to be the cause of major damage. The floods everywhere added to the landslides.
2 comments:
Hi Bruv,
Read all about the typhoon, so glad you survived that one. First I've heard about the earthquake - you seem to be having all the fun there, save some for me!
But on a serious note, take it easy and stay safe.
Dan
xx
I was rather worried about you both Philip so sent an email this morning and am very relieved to read your blog. Glad to hear you are both safe and sound.
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