There are often earthquakes here in Tokyo, but at 11.46 today there
was one that actually put me on edge. It started as a slight vibration,
but quickly increased in intensity. (This usually indicates that the
epicentre is some distance away). So much so in fact, that after a
couple of minutes of being shaken about I was tempted to dive under the
dining table. But luckily, at that very moment it stopped. It registered
5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in Tokyo and was centred on
the town of Kawasaki in southern Miyagi Prefecture where it hit lower 6.
The earthquake originated in a thrust fault under the Pacific about 80
km off Miyagi Prefecture. Its focus was about 42 km below the seabed.
Just have the aftershocks to look forward to now.
There
was another 4 or 5 pointer a few weeks ago, but I didn't notice it as I
was in the basement of the small mammals' house at Ueno zoo. It must be
one heck of a strong building as all I felt was a slight loss of
balance as if I had missed a step. Outside however, the shaking went on
for a few minutes, looked pretty bad on TV later.
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