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Earthquake warning - 地震予報

13 Jun 2008, 7:07:10PM - Comments [ ]

Hey, it's Saturday morning and we just had an earthquake. This is nothing new or special at all. It didn't feel very strong here, although it was pretty strong at it's epicenter up in the north of Japan. The cool part was the early warning system. We were watching crazy stuffed animals dancing around on TV, when an earthquake report came up on TV. At first I thought that it was a report about an earthquake that had just happened but that I hadn't noticed. But on closer inspection I saw that it was actually a prediction in advance of an earthquake that was about to occur, with an epicenter in southern Iwate Prefecture. And about 30 seconds later, it happened exactly as predicted. As it was so far away, I didn't really have to take any precautions. But if I had lived in northern Japan, I would have had plenty of time to turn off the gas and get in the bathtub.

日本語:
今土曜日の朝に地震あった。それだけであまり面白くない。ここはそんなに強く感じなかったけど、東北には強かったらしい。面白かったのは日本の新しい地震予報システム。けさ、子供のテレビ見ながら、地震の連絡が出た。最初は弱くて気付かなかった地震のことだと思った。でも実は起こってなかった南岩手県震央地震の予報だった。放送の30秒後ぐらい、書いてた通りの地震あった。遠かったから別に何も準備とかしなかったけど、東北に住んでたら、火を消してお風呂に隠れるとかの時間十分あった。




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