'I thought I would die': Survivors describe the shock and horror of powerful Japan earthquake
Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered.The restaurant's co-owner, 75-year-old Hiroko Ogata, had just walked in."I was surprised, and scared," she told BBC News. "I went under one of the tables right away, but the table moved sharply towards the right, left, right, left, with me."Ogata has lived in Yatsushiro, in central Kumamoto prefecture, her whole life. The area is located on an active tectonic fault system and is no stranger to tremors.
- ▪Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered.The restaurant's co-owner, 75-year-old Hiroko Ogata, had just walked in."I was surprised, and scared," she told BBC News.
- ▪"I went under one of the tables right away, but the table moved sharply towards the right, left, right, left, with me."Ogata has lived in Yatsushiro, in central Kumamoto prefecture, her whole life.
- ▪The area is located on an active tectonic fault system and is no stranger to tremors.
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'I thought I would die': Survivors describe the shock and horror of powerful Japan earthquakeImage source, ReutersImage caption, The ramifications of the earthquake have been widely feltByChie Kobayashi, Reporting fromTokyo and Gavin ButlerPublished38 minutes agoBusiness was winding down for the day at Sendan Shokudo, a diner in Japan's southwestern city of Yatsushiro, when the whole building suddenly lurched. Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered.The restaurant's co-owner, 75-year-old Hiroko Ogata, had just walked in."I was surprised, and scared," she told BBC News.
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