Saturday, October 26, 2013

Adventures within the night

Last night's adventures included a typhoon that was passing by Japan's East Coast causing intense wind and rain, an earthquake at 2 am, and thunder soon after the earthquake.

The earthquake was off the shores of Japan in the ocean but it registered s a 7.3 magnitude.  This is the largest since we arrived.  It woke me in the middle of the night, at precisely 2:10 am.  Not only was it the largest we have felt but it also lasted the longest.  It was close to double in length of the other two quakes.  There was a tsunami warning affected at the coast of Japan and a tsunami of about 39 centimeters was reported. When I read this I just pictured a person standing on the coast and stomping on the wave when it came haha

The thunder was fun to listen to.  It occurred just a little while after the earthquake and only last a few minutes before it was over.  With the trees around us and the fact that I was laying in bed with the shades and rice paper blinds closed I wasn't able to see any lightening.

Hopefully tonight is less eventful...


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