Another earthquake

This morning we had another earthquake. This was a big shakey one but at 4.45 in the morning I couldn't really be bothered to be worried about it - there's been too many since I've been here anyway and these apartments are pretty good to withstand smaller ones. Apparantly it was a locally based quake, which is really good news, as it means it wasn't the aftershock of some massive one elsewhere - ie we felt the Niigata one here... And of course with The Big One being imminent, or not, nothing can really be done anyway. I've no intention of worrying. Much. And certainly no intention of leaving Japan because of them. All part of the experience I say; though they are becoming pretty frequent.

Apparantly there are 5000+ in Japan every year, many of which can't be felt by people. Now that's something to think about. Or not think about...