Earthquake

There was a terrible earthquake in New Zealand yesterday. Many people were injured, and some people even died. Building were destroyed. There are also still many people, including some Japanese University students, missing...
It is terrible. I pray for their, and everyone's, safety...

Actually, there was a small earthquake on Monday in the Kansai area also.
While I was teaching Ms. Y, suddenly the building shook. It was very short, very sudden. Only about 2 or 3 seconds at most. We weren't sure if it was an earthquake or not. And then we both looked at each other and said, "Was that just an earthquake?"
Later that day, I heard on the radio that at the same time there was an earthquake around intensity level 4 on the Japanese scale in Wakayama.
Natural disasters are very scary...

For the latest article, click here:
"Japanese feared trapped in rubble" (from The Japan Times Online)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110222x2.html