another view of the quake

[ellen_datlow]

I find this Park in Chiba City especially terrifying, as I've always had a fear of the ground opening in an earthquake, swallowing me, and the closing back up

Chiba City was built on landfill.

via jezebel

Comments

[summer_queen]

That ... completely destroys my faith that the earth beneath my feet is solid. One of many videos from the quake/tsunami that just simply terrify me.

[ellen_datlow]

I suspect you already knew that :-) subconsciously.

[livia_llewellyn]

Hmm... you probably don't want to hear my Alaskan Earthquake of '64 story, do you...

[ellen_datlow]

Of course we do... Testify sister!

[barbarienne]

That's what happens when you shake a scrambled medium: things sort out by density. It's scary because it's on a geologic scale and reminds us we're actually quite tiny.