Monday, July 16, 2007

Strong Earthquake

At about 10:15 a.m. Tokyo time this morning on July 16, we felt a strong earthquake. This earthquake hit 6.6 (on the Japanese 7 point scale) on the western coast, so that meant roughly a 2 in metropolitan Tokyo.

Unfortunately today is a public holiday (Ocean Day) here in Japan, so I suspect many people are at home. While it's unlikely anyone was hurt near Tokyo, I am concerned about the western parts of Japan and whether anyone was caught inside an older home.

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