Rude Awakening - Another Earthquake

Well, we were awakened just after 5 AM this morning (Sun PM in the US) to severe shaking. This is the strongest earthquake we have experienced since we've been in Japan. By the time we woke up, it was pretty much over, but I remember hearing noises -- the vertical blinds hitting together in the bedroom, the glasses clinking together on the bar and pictures and decorative items rattling loudly. Even our "waveless" water bed was sloshing wildly. Sachi was sleeping on my feet and she freaked out and disappeared -probably under the bed. It was a VERY weird and disorienting feeling. Of course, I was immediately awake, so I got up and turned on the Japanese TV, and logged on to the earthquake website on the Internet. Japanese TV registered epicenter at 6.1 out of 7 (The Japanese use a different scale than the US), and our area registered 5. Apparently, there are cameras posted all over Japan, because on TV they showed each one at the moment it started and the cameras were really shaking for about 7 or 8 seconds, although it seems longer at the time it's happening. One camera showed the inside an office building (perhaps the weather bureau?) and signs & clocks were swaying wildly and small items were falling. Some people were crawling under their desks. Although the epicenter was on Kyushu (the large island to our south & west), it was strong all the way to Osaka, which is east and a little north of us. The US website registered it at 6.3 on the Richter Scale, only about 10 minutes after the event. If you're interested, check it out here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php Ours is the one in red, but you will see there have been many more today since ours this morning. It's absolutely amazing how many earthquakes there are EVERY DAY in the world.