Quake!
March 25, 2007
This morning at 9:42am there was a pretty strong earthquake off the coast of Ishikawa prefecture, north side of central Japan. It measured a 6+ on the Japanese rating system and a 7.1 on the Richter.
Here in Osaka, I had just woken up and was in bed when I felt my building sway a bit, then increase in frequency, and then subside gently. It lasted 10 seconds or so here. My biggest fear here was my new computer getting destroyed by falling things or my bookshelf toppling and crushing my wife (in that particular order).
Ishikawa and Osaka prefecture highlighted. The green X is the epicenter.
I got up and turned on the TV to see where it was. Sure enough, a tsunami warning had already been issued and they expected a 50cm wave at 9:50am. It’s amazing how fast they were able to send out a warning so fast compared to the big wave in Thailand a couple years ago.
