It's a bit insignificant to post this as the Philippines is going through such tragedy, but I did get a scary wake up call on the 28th floor of the Hilton Tokyo this morning. They made announcements in the rooms and stopped the elevators and such....

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...Name=worldNews

Tokyo area hit by magnitude 5.5 earthquake
(Reuters) - An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook eastern Japan, including the capital Tokyo, on Sunday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no irregularities at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The earthquake was centered in southwest Ibaraki Prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo. There was no threat of a tsunami.
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