Early Friday morning I awoke to my first earthquake. There may have been others that I mistakenly thought were caused by a large truck rolling by, but this was the first earthquake that I actually knew was an earthquake. It was very small, no rattling or anything dramatic, thankfully. I guess I thought it would be more of a back and forth motion, but it actually felt like my bed was moving around on top of rollers.
The next morning I found that a 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Yokaichiba, about two hours from Oyama, around 2:00 am. According to wikipedia, approximately 1,300 earthquakes of this magnitude occur in the world each year. Guess I should get used to it. Like California, Japan seems to get these rumblings frequently.
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