earthquake

Tokyo, 2009.08.10

We had a strong earthquake last night at around 20:30. It went on for quite some time, and really shook things. When we realized that it wasn't another little one (we haven't even had little ones of late) Mari scooped up Kenny and headed for the shelter of the dining table (a big solid wooden thing) while I ran for a flashlight and asked Joon, who was visiting, if he could ensure that the front door was open.

The quake was a 6.9 magnitude affair, some 340km underground. Quite impressive, actually.

Then overnight it began to rain.

This morning I headed down the hill to take Kenny to daycare and saw that between the earthquake and the rain, quite a lot of mud has been pushed up from the storm drains. A gentle reminder that the works of man are fragile, I suppose.

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earthquake [journal of m. werneburg]

i put down the wii-mote, then watched the fishtank (from a distance)

jonathan sleeuw

tokyo

2009.08.11

Were the fish sloshing about, or was it more of a shaken-not-stirred earthquake. It was interesting that over here the gaijin (Joon and I) were going, "wow, we haven't had one of these in a while" while the Japanese ladies (Yaguchi-san and Mari) were getting jumpy.

-Michael

earthquake [journal of m. werneburg]

Did you also feel the earth quake this morning? I find rain and earth quakes go together... must be something to do the cooling effect of the rain on the earth? Or maybe it is just coincidence?

Stephen Cotton

Tokyo

2009.08.11

Yeah, I leapt out of bed to ensure that the door was propped open. 8)I think it's just coincidence (I've heard some Japanese people say there are more in the summertime). The quake's location was some 300km underground, so I don't think the surface weather conditions could have had much impact.

-Michael