Hello everyone,

Yesterday afternoon was a little scary. During lunch, and then in long home room, there were many small earthquakes. There was no damage to our school, but some of them made the windows and doors shake. I looked at the Japan Meteorlogical Association website to see what was happening.

The site shows the location, time, and power of each earthquake. You can see how busy it was in Wakayama just during long home room. There is also one in Fukushima, which had amuch larger earthquake on Sunday. In fact, that earthquake was an aftershock earthquake to the big one in 2011.

We are almost at the ten year anniversary of that earthquake. Most of you were small children at that time, but it is a day I will never forget. I hope none of us have to experience an event that terrible again.

In the mean time, be safe and be prepared. Have a good week.

*aftershock: a smaller earthquake that comes after a big one. It can come moments, days, or even years later.