At about 2.50pm my JR train was just about to leave the station, then this happened. The lines would be stopped for the whole day, traffic gridlocked, cell phones down so people queued to use payphones. Restaurants did great business for those waiting. Aftershocks still felt hours after the first two big ones. 8.9 on the scale. Bigger than the great Kanto Earthquake of 1923!

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  1. WOW! Crazy! I would not want to be in the subway during that violent of a quake, but it looks to be that it was pretty safe. Glad everyone was okay down there.

  2. 0:25 o_o I'm surprised to see people walk into the train when its shaking…

  3. @Subtokyo I wouldn't be too surprised if your safer in a train than on the platform.

  4. @GameSharkWizard lol i was about to say the same thing. A black man in Tokyo! Quick, make a wish!

  5. @MisoMichelle In the San Francisco Bay Area, We've been told that people on our BART system are safer in a train. Amazing.

  6. @thabboy I wouldn't be surprised if that is true: the train is kind of a cage, so it's probably safer to be in there than out on the platform with all kinds of stuff that could fall down.