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The Yureru Nihon Retto (literally “Quaking Japanese Islands”) website published by Earth Quake Research, an organization that amasses data on earthquakes in Japan, recorded at least 6,000 tremors across the archipelago last year. The majority of those ranged in magnitudes from 2 to 5. The association even breaks down which prefectures had the most quakes: Ibaraki Prefecture is No. 1 so far this year with 66 recorded tremors and Kumamoto Prefecture in a close second after its major 2016 earthquakes with 51 since January.
I don’t know about you, but I come from a place without earthquakes. So when I experienced my first earthquake in Japan (at 6:30 a.m.), I had no idea what to do. Stand under the doorframe? Go outside? Hide under the table?
Before we get to what you should do during an actual quake, let’s get prepared before one even hits.
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Mlodinow
Rather ironic that someone from a country which doesn't experience earthquakes is writing an article about what to do in an earthquake. That blog post has to one of the most obvious "guides" I've ever read and highly uninformative.
Of course it goes without saying that we should all be prepared for a disaster, but if an earthquake is big enough for you to be badly injured you are probably unlikely to be able to move fast enough to do anything about it. You'll be knocked off your feet in seconds and limited to crawling a few metres tops. Key to survival is simply being aware and not panicking (much as in any dangerous situation). As a person who was in a Don Quixote of all places (in Tokyo) during the Tohoku quake, the number of people who blindly ran towards the exit was astounding. Much better to simply be aware of safe zones near to you than run the gauntlet of things falling off shelves etc.
dmatth
Also, there's the (free and severely under-visited) "Ikebukuro Life Safety Learning Centre" at
2-37-8 Nishi-Ikebukuro,Ikebukuro Fire Department 4F, Toshima-ku
hidden in a Fire Department building, about 5 min. walk from JR “Ikebukuro” Station West Exit.
Takes about an hour and most illuminating, especially the part where the room starts shaking !
Kaerimashita
I remember the first time I saw "Jimmy, the emergency road Catfish" - a fine only in Japan moment.