Hungarian survivor: Japanese earthquake the worst natural disaster I have experienced

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck Japan on Monday. The Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning and authorities have urged residents in affected areas to flee to higher ground. A Hungarian living in Japan told the tabloid Blikk what she experienced.

On Monday afternoon, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck western Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for the coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama following the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.

A Hungarian survivor told Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, how she escaped the tsunami. Fruzsina Váradi said that on the train she was travelling on, the central earthquake alarm on everyone’s phone went off at the same time. The train then came to a stop with the emergency brake on. As earthquakes are not uncommon in the island country, passengers did not panic, even though they knew there was a problem.

The passengers were taken off the train and led to the roof of a building.

“We knew there was an earthquake and experts were expecting a big tsunami. The first reports were of a column of water 5 metres high, which is extremely dangerous. This is the worst natural disaster I have experienced, and I have felt earthquakes since I have lived here. You have to do what you’re told. It was getting dark, it was cold, and I didn’t know if I would have to spend the night on the roof,” Váradi told Blikk.

The building where the passengers were led is a tsunami shelter, where they were given hot tea. Fruzsina didn’t stay overnight, her boyfriend took her home. For the time being, she still can’t get to work because of the disaster.

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