Have only experienced a small one that shook my 21 story office bldg, but not pleasant.

Being on an upper floor in a newer building (one that has the "rollers") is an experience. You don't want to be prone to motion sickness. The motion is more gentle, but it never seems to end.

Eek, horrible. I get motion-sick going across town. Sometimes when I'm the one driving.

This quake lasted a while. (I call the shorter, smaller ones "quakiepoos.")

Having lived in East Asia for several years, on the other side of the ring of fire from you, Amy; I have experienced more than my share of earthquakes.

While I never got used to earthquakes, I always looked to the locals; as long as they remained calm so did I. But, when we had a 6.8 and the locals were in a panic; it was then that I was truly terrified, thinking for sure that we were going to die.

Motorcycles parked along the road went down like a row of dominoes, the utility lines started to do a dance, and the sidewalk went up and down as if it was waves on the ocean. It was very hard to stand, several people did actually fall over. I did like the locals and ran out into the middle of the busy street to get away from any buildings that might have part of their façade fall off.

And I was lucky. I was in a better part of town so the buildings were better built, streets were wider with a grass island in the middle - that's where several of us ended up. Poorer neighborhoods had several buildings flatten. Not cool, not cool at all.

However, on a lighter side; one time I was riding in a cab and the car started to bounce all over the road. I must have given the driver a dirty look because he was very apologetic saying that it wasn't him it was an earthquake! That was the strangest.

As much as I hate winter. I will take a blizzard over living in an earthquake zone any day.

Glad to hear you're okay. Did Aida sleep right through it?

I'm glad you're Ok, and that it stopped before there was damage!

As much as I hate winter. I will take a blizzard over living in an earthquake zone any day.

Glad to hear you're okay. Did Aida sleep right through it?

Posted by: Charles at March 17, 2014 11:50 AM

I am in northern Honshu right now, and there is no need to chose. We frequently have "both" blizzards, and earthquakes.

"I am in northern Honshu right now, and there is no need to chose. We frequently have "both" blizzards, and earthquakes."

South of you, so no blizzards but we shook this week. You really got socked with snow there this year, didn't you?

@crella. It has been melting here the last several days but it was a very big storm.

No shaking recently, but the minor ones, we don't notice unless we are in the house, and awake.