Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer

By now the warning has been lifted, and we can allow ourselves to joke a bit more.

But in the end, we have seen quite big earthquakes and seen the impact of them. It depends a lot on where you live, but in central Tokyo in a reasonably modern building, the worry is probably not too great. But also, you can't walk around worrying about the risk of these events constantly, you'd go nuts. Japan is split over three continental plates, we get a lot of earthquakes.