Sunday, September 21, 2008

Earthquake

So as Laura mentioned we had an earthquake this morning. It MAY have been the second one since we got here, though I'm not entirely certain if what I think was the first actually WAS a quake or just a big truck goin' by.

Earthquakes here are measured on the Shindo scale (measure intensity) rather than the Richter (magnitude). The epicenter was a prefecture away (Chiba) and there it was a 3. By the time it hit us, it was a 2. Looking online, my best guess is it would be a 4-4.9 when describing it using the Richter scale. We looked at each other, half asleep, shrugged, and went back to bed.

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