Tokyo : Japan: 2 earthquakes of major impact (7.2 on Richter scale) hit Japan, a nation of 4 islands this week, the second one is only yesterday. No country is better ready to face such natural calamities that Japan under American suzerainty. Even children are trained to face earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis (in Japanese, it means high tides).
Local fire department and television replays put everybody on alert. Evacuation of over 2 storeys in a building is done by parachutes. Children have to wait for adults to come to pick them up after an earthquake or a giant wave hits seashores. They move in files calmly. Such lessons were learnt from the 1995 Kobe earthquake that had killed 6400 Japanese, to construct stronger buildings and rearrange transport infrastructure.
The Friday earthquake had an intensity of 8.9 on the Richter scale, causing 30 feet high waves from the sea to hit the Japan shores yesterday. All airports were closed due to such impact. An oil refinery was on fire at Ittiha. The present earthquake is considered the strongest and the worst. 5 atomic plants adjourn power production. All these blows had fallen upon Tokyo, Japan’s capital city.