Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake

As some people might know, there was an earthquake in the Tohoku area yesterday. This was taken from wikipedia:

The 2008 Iwate earthquake, officially named by the Japan Meteorological Agency the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008, struck northeastern Honshū, Japan, on June 14, 2008. The earthquake occurred in Iwate Prefecture at 39.0° N 140.9° E (about 60 miles (97 km) north-northwest of Sendai, 240 miles (390 km) north of Tokyo) at 8:43 am JST on June 14, 2008 (2008-06-13 23:43Z). The magnitude of the quake was 7.2. The strongest shaking was recorded in Ōshū, Iwate and Kurihara, Miyagi, both of which recorded a shindo of 6+. The United States Geological Survey placed the magnitude at 6.8.

At least 9 people died and 100+ people were injured and some missing because of yesterday's quake.

Huhu. The Malaysian students of Tohoku Chihou had a football match in Iwate that day so me(and the rest of the Malaysian students) were headed to Hanamaki-minami, Iwate that day. If I remembered correctly, it was just a few minutes after the Navi announced "Iwate ni tsukimashita(Reached Iwate)" when the car we were in suddenly started swerving left and right and I was wondering what's going on because our dear driver usually doesn't drive like that. Among the theories that came out while we were in the car when all this happened was "Jalan licin! Licin!" followed by "Taufan ke???" and then followed by "Ke tayar pancit??" when suddenly our driver, Encik Afizul, came to this conclusion "Jishin???(Earthquake???)" at which I panickedly told him to stop the car at the side of the road. Thankfully, he(and the other drivers of the Malaysian students of Sendai) managed to do that. Luckily. Really grateful there was no accident and everybody is safe.

It was about magnitude 6 where we were during the quake. We sat there in the car watching and feeling the trees on the hills shake, the electric wires shake, and basically everything shake for quite a long time. And this is when I remembered my seniors telling me that last Friday was the the 30th anniversary of a big earthquake in Miyagi. So right now the probability of a big earthquake hitting Miyagi is about 99%... According to what my senior discussed with his Japanese friends, yesterday wasn't the big earthquake that was expected to hit Miyagi as the epicenter was not off the shores of Miyagi(unlike the previous large earthquake). Everybody, be prepared!! Hopefully, we all will be safe.

Other than the Miyagi students, Akita students also just reached Iwate when the earthquake happened. The Ibaraki students just reached the carpark of Hanamaki-minami Sports center(well, the football field area). Luckily, no Malaysian students were hurt. I think. If Cik Huda is reading my blog "Huda! Korg ok x??"

Lastly, to Miyagi Aliens and everybody who was involved in the Football Tournament "Otsukare minna!!!".

Thanks to everybody who called me/messaged me to check whether I'm alright. ^__^