(First of all, we wanted to let everyone know that we are OK, and we made it to Beijing very late last night, after an exciting evening yesterday.) We were just hanging out at the airport yesterday, preparing to board our flight from Tokyo to Beijing, when out of the black (it was mid-evening) the entire building began to shake around us!!!! It was exactly like the movies portray an earthquake – the rumbling noise, and everything around us shaking and the floor felt like it was sort of rolling . . . Then very loud, sharp alarm noises went off all around us, and I thought to myself, “Yikes! This is a real earthquake! We need to get outside!!!” But of course we couldn’t – we were locked in an airport! I had a fleeting moment of panic, what are we supposed to do?? I grabbed Sydney, and looked around at the others around us, prepared to follow their lead . . . I knew enough to pay attention, and the excitement and activity of the airport staff, and the anxiety of the otherwise calm and polite Japanese people were telling signs to me to stay alert. The quake seemed like it lasted a long time, but in reality was over very quickly. Nothing appeared to be damaged at the airport, and the excitement around us simmered down relatively quickly. When we were able to access information (in English), we found out that an earthquake we experienced was a 5.8 on the Richter Scale, and occurred approx. 50 km east of Tokyo, relatively close to where we were. Here’s a link to an article about the event, if you want to read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0009ek2.php And Sydney says:
I got to experience an earthquake! It was kind of freaky, and I was a little scared. I was happy that nothing fell down around us. It was SO like the movies!
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