I was with a group of friends on Saturday afternoon. We were at the Yonezawa Bowling Lanes and had just finished a four game session. Just as we had all finished paying, all our phones went alarm. It was the emergency notification system advising us to brace for a strong earthquake. After the strong one last month I think we were all expecting another violent one. What happened next was totally different; there was no violent shock, no floor shifting sideways shaking.... Instead the building appeared to absorb a lot of the shock. A few trophies fell over in the trophy cabinet. The building sort of rolled like a large ship absorbing a wave. That was it.
The official measurement for the Okitama region was a 4. It was a 7 at the epicentre off the coast of Miyagi prefecture and Sendai got a severe shaking. Compared to the previous one off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, we got off light this time....
