我们9月1号来到日本，住在距东京60公里左右的一个小城市，位置有点儿像是北京的延庆。刚到日本不久，无疑觉得和国内有很多不同之处，来之前最担心的是疫情，来之后印象最深的反而是日本的地震。
We came to Japan on September 1 and have lived in a small city which is about 60 kilometers away from Tokyo. The location is a bit like Yanqing District to Beijing. Soon after arriving Japan, we have already realized there are many differences compared to living in China. Before we came here, the thing we most worried is COVID situation. What has shocked us the most now is earthquake in Japan.
虽然早就知道日本是地震多发国家，但总觉得是小概率事件。让我们有些意外的是，当地中介人员第一天和我们见面时，就建议我和夫人尽快约定紧急情况下的见面地点。也就是在遇到自然灾害时如果两个人暂时分开，且没有手机通讯的情况下，可以汇合的地点。
We knew Japan is an earthquake-prone country. However we thought earthquake is still a low probability event. We were a bit surprised the first advice given by a Japanese relocation agent was about earthquake. She suggested my wife and I should decide the emergent reunion place in case of earthquake. That is the place where a family can reunion if they are temporarily separated without mobile communication under a natural disaster.
后来发现在公司的卫生间里贴的也都是地震时应该怎么做的小知识。不得不说日本人在地震方面的忧患意识很强。
I also found tips about how to survive earthquake posted in some bathrooms. Clearly Japanese have a strong sense of earthquake's threats.
一开始我们没怎么当真，后来一个多月里发生大小震好几次，才真正意识到住在最活跃的地震带上意味着什么。尤其上周四晚上10:45左右，突然所有手机疯狂地发出警报，告诉我们有强震来袭，几乎同时房子开始猛烈晃动，而且持续了十几秒钟。后来据报道有六级左右，就在东京附近，离我们很近。这是自从唐山大地震之后这么多年以来，我们再次亲身感受强震。
We didn't take it seriously at beginning. We only realized what it meant to live in the most active earthquake zone after experiencing several large and small earthquakes in about a month time, particularly, after the one happened around 10:45PM on the last Thursday. All mobile phones suddenly made loud alarm about earthquake. Almost at the same time, the hotel room began to shake violently and lasted for more than ten seconds. We learned later it was about magnitude 6. The epicenter was near Tokyo and very close to us. This is another strong earthquake we have experienced in person after many years since the Tangshan earthquake in 1976.
下面的列表显示在6号和7号每天都有5次地震。The below summary showed there were 5 earthquakes each day on Oct 6 and 7.
转天去单位和日本同事聊起地震，一位有点儿茫然，因为睡的早，根本就没给晃醒。另一位地震时醒了，但转身又睡了，可能是习以为常了。总的来说日本人对地震很重视，同时又能处之泰然，比较乐观。
When I talked about that earthquake with my Japanese colleagues, one was a little confused because he slept early and didn't wake up at all. Another one woke up during the earthquake, but turned around and fell asleep again quickly. He probably has got used to it. Overall, I can see Japanese have taken earthquake education and disaster prevention to a high level. At the same time, they are not over concerned for that in daily life.
尽管日本已经把防震防到了骨子里，防到了生活中的方方面面，福岛大地震时还是造成了严重的后果，至今都没能妥善解决。大自然的伟力和人力的渺小在这里尤为明显, 至少我们满怀敬畏，不仅定下了紧急情况碰头地点，还准备好了地震应急包，希望用不到它们。
That said, the Fukushima earthquake still caused serious consequences and has not been properly solved so far. How strong the power of nature and how weak the power of man are particularly obvious here, at least very clear to us. That is why we have prepared an emergency package besides setting the emergent reunion location. Hopefully we never need to use them.
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继11月初连续三晚夜里睡觉时，被地震摇晃醒之后，今天凌晨我们又一次被较长时间地震晃悠醒，这次持续时间大概有2分多钟？感觉整个屋子在抖动。我们只是手拉手，看着天花板。大概是因为屋子只是在抖动，如果再摇晃的厉害些，就会采取行动？（什么行动，好像还是没有清晰思路，屋外是零度）刚刚得知，这次地震5级，震中就是我们所在的茨城县。
After being shaken up by the earthquake when we went to bed three nights in a row in early November, we were shaken up again by the earthquake for a longer time this morning around two. This time it lasted about more than 2 minutes? I felt the whole room shaking. We just held hands and looked at the ceiling. Maybe it's because the house was just shaking. If it shook harder, may we take some actions? (there seems to be no clear idea about what to do. It's zero outside the house) I just learned that the earthquake was magnitude 5, and the epicenter was Ibaraki prefecture where we are located.
昨日2022年1月16日凌晨又被手机的鸣叫声吵醒，等了几秒钟，这次没有随之而来的地震晃动。翻译了一下手机短信，原来是海啸警报。离我们最近的海岸应该有50多公里远，社区里也没有任何动静，就接着睡了。早起得知，当天早上日本太平洋海岸掀起了一米海浪，这是由南太平洋水下火山巨大爆发引发的。
卫星视频的惊人画面，捕捉到了汤加巨大的水下火山喷发。据说是千年一遇的海底火山巨大喷发，值得记录一下。
In the early morning of yesterday, the 16th of January 2022, we were awakened again by the beeping of our mobile phones. I waited for a few seconds, but this time there was no earthquake shaking. I translated this mobile message. It was a tsunami warning. As the nearest shore should be more than 50 kilometers away, and there's nothing happened in our community, we just went back to sleep. I learned from news reports in the afternoon that a metre wave hit Japan's Pacific coast this morning, triggered by a huge underwater volcano in the South Pacific.
Stunning satellite video has captured a huge underwater volcano eruption in Tonga. It said that this scale underwater volcano eruption happened very rarely. Take a note here.
昨晚我们经历了来日本后，最长最大的一次地震，严格来说是连着2次，6.0级和7.4级。夜班11点半多点，地震来袭，已经习惯的我们，没有动，想着再忍忍就过去了，没想到从地表传来的振动，一波強似一波，地板屋顶都摇动得很厉害，“这得有6级了吧，怎么手机还没报警？” 犹豫往不往储藏室躲避时，晃动渐减停止了。“没事儿，震级应该不大，就是时间够长的…” 话还没说完，震感又来了，而且很快超越了第一次，以及以前的每一次。随着桌子上的玻璃杯小小蹦哒，室内挂衣架咣当碰撞，我们同时决定了，往小屋窜，这时候各个手机都开始尖叫报警了。在小屋待了差不多一分钟，地震停止了，屋里的衣架子还在摆动着，还好，没东西摔落地。马上上网查看，震源在福岛海域附近，离我们大概不到200公里。第一次5.5级（后调整为6级），第二次7.4级。没有看到海啸预警。
We experienced two big consecutive earthquakes at late night of 16th with magnitude as 6.0 and 7.4.
We did not take any action during the 1st earthquake. We were shocked a bit for the 2nd stronger earthquake as everything in the room was shaking. We went up from bed and got into our selected shelter place – the dressing room not long after 2nd earthquake started.
There was no interrupt about water, electric and gas supplies. The epicenter was about 70 kilometers under the sea off the coast of Fukushima Nuclear Power Station. It said that the station was fired but ok now. The sad thing was 4 people died due to the earthquakes in Japan.