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Wow, somewhere along the line my Japanese got more than good enough to understand the news. I haven't tried in ages.

There have been three major subquakes at 9:20, 9:30, and 10:00. There is a warning out for a possible large earthquake again, but so far no fear of tsunamis. All trains are stopped, so it looks like it's a good thing Jen and I decided not to go to Yamagata to go hiking today. Traffic is running normally though, as are buses. Some folks in Sendai living in condominiums are pinned in by lack of elevators, though! It's pretty interesting to be going through this. There are some reports of minor injuries, but nothing worse than a broken leg as far as I can tell. I'm not really certain though as I'm not getting a hundred percent of the news. A report Jen is watching right now says a bridge has been taken out (rather spectacularly, judging from the footage) and that at least 30 people are in a nearby hospital with injuries.

Whew