{"id":13810,"date":"2019-06-27T22:11:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T02:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/?p=13810"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:20:20","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-an-earthquake-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/living-in-japan\/how-to-prepare-for-an-earthquake-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare for an Earthquake in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you first think of Japan you’re probably thinking of all the pop culture references that originated from here like Pokemon, Naruto, Doraemon, etc. Or perhaps, you\u2019re thinking of all the convenience stores, the amazing ramen, and Shibuya crossing. But when you\u2019re dwelling on the subject of Japan, the common occurrences of earthquakes has probably crossed your mind- or maybe this is news to you. It\u2019s been said that a tremor occurs in Japan at least every five minutes. Each year there are around 2000 quakes that can be felt by people. You may remember one of Japan\u2019s biggest earthquakes happened in 2011, with a 9.0 earthquake triggering a tsunami.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jioh and I (Lena) arrived in Japan about a month ago and already we experienced around 5 to 9 earthquakes. People say that this is a common occurrence and most locals aren\u2019t really fazed by it, but I don\u2019t know about you, but red alarms are going in my head. So naturally, as foreigners paranoid and unfamiliar to the land of Japan, we (or rather, Jioh) bought an earthquake kit in order to prepare for the worst yet to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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