| Fairly strong earthquake hits eastern Japan Xinhuanet 2003-05-11 00:43:04 TOKYO, May 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A fairly strong earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Tokyo and its vicinity in eastern Japan on early Monday morning. According to Japanese Meteorological Agency, the quake, which occurred at around 0:57 a.m. (15:57 GMT Sunday), was strongly felt in Tokyo and its surrounding areas. The epicenter of the tremor is estimated to be about 60 kilometers underground in Tokyo's neighboring Chiba Prefecture, the agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. End item |
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| Very few things exist that can rock a whole city. A few of those are: Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and of course Godzilla. I will be listing any of these events that takes place in Tokyo durning my stay. |
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| My News (what I was doing and what I think about said event) |
| Offical News: offical information about said events |
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| Not the first one since I have been here, but I think it was the biggest. I was sleeping and was woken up due to the bed shaking �Exorcist Style.� This was at 12:57 AM. It was followed a few minutes later by another long shaking of the building. Was not sure if it was either an earthquake, the room was possessed, or Godzilla was passing buy. Tried to fall back to sleep, but another much smaller tremor at 3:30 woke me up again and was unable to sleep any more. |
| Monday, May 12 (12:57 and 3:30 ish) |
| Saturday, May 17th (11:33 PM) |
| I was sending an e-mail and as as I hit SEND, the floor and room started shaking. I do not think it was a "big one" and it did not last very long. I think I heard a car alarm go off when it stopped, so it must have shaken the cars pretty good. |
| Earthquake Rattles Tokyo; No Injuries Sat May 17,12:45 PM ET TOKYO - A strong earthquake shook the Tokyo metropolitan area Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damages or injuries. The 5.1-magnitude quake was centered about 30 miles below the Earth's surface in northeastern Chiba state, the Meteorological Agency said. It struck at 11:33 p.m. The temblor was strong enough to cause tall buildings to sway in the Japanese capital and was felt in the neighboring states of Chiba, Ibaraki and Kanagawa. |
| It was bigger then I thought... |
| It all started with me typing away at my desk when I fell something behind me like someone heavy stomping behind me. I even turned around and gave the guy walking by a dirty look. Then EVERYTHING started swaying. When you stood up, it was like being on a ship at sea riding some huge swells. It was freaking EVERYONE out. People were coming out of their offices. Many people told me it was the worst they had felt. The most freaky part was that the building swayed back and forth for over 10 minutes. The window blinds where flapping around as if the window was open and wind was blowing through. |
| Monday, May 26th (6:25 PM) |
| TOKYO, Japan -- A powerful earthquake has rocked northern Japan near Sendai, prompting officials to shut down railways, highways and a Tokyo airport, hundreds of kilometers away. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which struck at 6:24 p.m. (0924 GMT), but journalist Steve Herman told CNN he would be very surprised if there were no casualties. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered 60 kilometers (40 miles) below the sea floor off the northeastern coast of Miyagi prefecture, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. Japanese television showed pictures of at least two buildings on fire in central Sendai, and fire trucks on the scene, although it was not clear whether they were related to the tremor. The quake sent workers and shoppers scurrying out onto the street, while officials closed major highways and railways to check for damage. Local officials quoted by public service broadcaster NHK said there were blackouts and water outages in some areas. Sendai, the largest city in the mostly agricultural northeastern Touhoku region, has a population of just over one million. In Tokyo, 302 km (189 miles) to the south, the quake shook buildings and was felt for about two minutes. Downtown Haneda airport briefly suspended takeoffs and landings to check runways, while East Japan Railway stopped bullet trains in the area. While the quake was about the same magnitude as one that hit Kobe in 1995, killing 6,430, experts say because it was centered off shore, it is not likely to have the same impact. Japan's meteorological agency said there was no danger of tsunami, powerful waves that can be stirred up by seismic activity. The Cabinet Office in Tokyo said the government had set up an emergency task force. |