Earthquake

     We've all just been woken up by an earthquake. It's only been very minor in Sapporo (by Japanese standards) but the epi-centre was further south and it was above a 5 in Aomori.

 

The red X shows the epi-centre, the red box with 5 in 
shows Aomori which seems to have been worst hit.

     The house shook for quite a while but there was no damage done, the news stations aren't even mentioning Sapporo so I think that means everything's fine here. Things are occasionally shuddering slightly from aftershocks though.


    We all rushed to turn the TV on to find out what had happened, and if everywhere was okay. Footage of Aomori is being shown on loop, and it looks like things shook a lot there. The news stations do however report that there should be no tsunami following and that the Nuclear Power Stations are undamaged. This is my first earthquake so I don't really know how bad a 5 is; according to the others it's quite big but fairly common in Japan. Most buildings are built to withstand this size without difficulty. They do however say that it may have been sufficient to cause some damage.

 

 Aomori on the news, I think, I can't read anything.

     I guess, seeing as I'm not used to them, this earthquake has shook me up in more ways than one (hence I cannot now sleep and am typing this blog post). I know they are common, and part of life in Japan but I've never really felt one before. I suppose I just hope and pray that no one was hurt.

I'm going to try to get some sleep now. Night all.