Shaky Ground!

On the evening of December 7th I experienced my first little earthquake. The main centre of the quake was in the Miyagi Prefecture and around 5pm a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck. This is the same area that was devastated last year by the bigger earthquake that caused nuclear plants to shut down. My area was undamaged and nothing was really disrupted except for a few train delays and cancellations. Even though my area was unaffected it was still terrifying! My house shook violently for about 10 seconds and then for about 15 minutes afterwards I felt dizzy and was unable to get solid footing. After the initial shaking things just kept vibrating for awhile. It was too close to home for my liking but I am grateful that nothing happened. With my trip to Calgary just around the corner it made me wish that I was in the no-natural-disaster Calgary zone.