Earthquake

Since I came here there has been 3 earthquakes in my area that you should have been able to feel, however I only felt one of them which was the other day and it sure felt weird. In Denmark the only natural extreme we`ve got is a storm every 870 year... and Denmark would indeed be the last place in the world for an earthquake to take place, so it`s quite a funny thing to experience.
When it happened I was sitting in my room studying Japanese. It was pretty windy outside and the slide door I have in my room was making funny noises now and then. Anyway, suddenly everything started to shake and at first I thoguht it was a really heavy wind but I soon realized that it was actually an earthquake - a REAL one! It only lasted for some 8 seconds. My host sister came in and asked if I was OK, which I was. She said that I should always open the door when an earthquake occurs, as I wouldn`t wanna get traped in my room (if the doorfram collapses), which makes sense. My hostdad also got me a small emergency light if a huge one comes one day and I get trapped somewhere with no light. So now I`m prepared!


Siden jeg kom til Japan har der vaeret 3 jordskaelv i mit omraade, som jeg skulle have kunnet maerke, men jeg har kun maerket et af dem, hvilket var her den anden dag, og det foeltes godt nok underligt. I Danmark er det eneste ekstreme naturfaenomen, vi har, en storm hver 870. aar... og Danmark er uden tvivl det sidste sted i verden, hvor man kan opleve jordskaelv, saa det er en ret interessant ting at opleve. Da det skete, sad jeg paa mit vaerelse og studerede japansk. Der var en del blaest udenfor, og glidedoeren, som jeg har paa mit vaerelse, lavede nogle sjove lyde engang i mellem.
Anway, pludselig begyndte det hele at ryste, og jeg troede foerst det var et kraftigt vindstoed, men det gik hurtigt op for mig, at det var et jordskaelv - et rigtigt et! Det varede kun ca. 8 sekunder. Min vaertssoester kom in og spurgte om jeg var ok, hvilket jeg var. Hun sagde, at jeg altid skulle aabne doeren, naar der var et jordskaelv, da jeg noedig skulle blive fanget paa mit vaerelse (hvis doerkanten faldt sammen), hvilket giver mening. Min vaertsfar fandt ogsaa en lille lommelygte til mig til noedstilfaelde, hvis et stort et skulle komme, og jeg blev fanget et eller andet sted uden lys. Saa nu er jeg forberedt!