A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the country’s central region on Monday.
I live in western Japan, and felt this earthquake even here - it lasted as long as the 311 Tohoku quake, and an NHK news announcer was screaming for people in the Noto area to flee to higher ground because of the tsunami.
If you have family in the area I hope the best for them, what a terrible event.
My family’s all in the US, so they’re all fine, but worried about me over here.
I’m watching the TV now just feeling gutted at some of the images.
I had to watch another station because that woman was just yelling into the mic nonstop. I understand, but for someone watching from Saitama it was too much.
Thankfully, the warning was overblown. One wave hit the breakwater in Noto, but it wasn’t as big as they were expecting. More damage was done by a gas fire inside the city. And I think they’re trying to locate some people after a few buildings with old clay-shingled roofs collapsed.
After the video footage I seen from the last tsunami I would imagine that people are pretty fucking traumatized and will react that way for the rest of their lives.
I was traumatized from the footage and I have no personal connections to anyone in Japan.
Can confirm, was living in Tohoku during the 2011 disaster.
I live in Washington now and still do things like check geological maps to avoid living in areas that are prone to liquefaction and pay attention to signs so as to be aware of tsunami evacuation routes when I visit the coast.
