Earthquake

[imomus]

Anybody in Japan with eyewitness reports of the strong earthquake that just happened there? BBC TV just had a very shaky video clip showing both the Tokyo tower and the Mori Roppongi Hills building shuddering for what looked like a rather long time.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

if those buildings appeared to be shuddering, it was more likely due to a shakey camera. here in tokyo it was just a rather pleasant rolling sensation, though i wouldn't tell that to the six dead, and hundreds injured near the epicenter..

[(Anonymous)]

Here in the "New Jersey of Tokyo" the first earthquake and the following earthquakes and aftershocks were pretty big and lasted longer than most in my recent memory. On the frantic wife scale they registered a 10. I usual hold the unhealthy notion that earthquakes are somewhat fun but the ones yesterday have changed my mind a bit. I now at least question the structural integrity of my mansion.

There was another small earthquake tonight. We felt it here in Saitama and the immediate tv report said it was again from Niigata Prefecture.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

When I was about 16 there was an earthquake in Scotland. It was bizarre. Just a single jolt, but I felt it. And it really scared me. It was a revelation of the fact that, as Captain Beefheart put it in 'Ice Cream For Crow', the sun ain't stable!

[(Anonymous)]

The epicentre was Niigata, north Japan. In Tokyo it was about 3 or less.

Aftershocks

[(Anonymous)]

I read on the BBC news web site today that the aftershocks continue to hit Niigata; people are still missing and the power supply is down. Having lived in Niigata, I was quite, quite distressed to learn about the earthquakes and it was chilling to see pictures of the destruction, the carnage, of places I knew. I have not heard back from any friends there and am hoping that this is because the internet is the least of their concerns right now.

Myrtle