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Mine would be back in 2011, Tohoku Earthquake. Despite being pretty far from the epicentre, the earthquake is to this day the strongest I have felt...
Same here. Was walking out of a friend’s apartment complex in Asakasa Tokyo where I was staying in when it hit. Heard this low rumbling that came from all directions and the birds were going nuts. Looked up and saw the high rise I just walked from swaying while the glass facade of another building was undulating. Never been in an earthquake before so I was more amused about the shaking ground than frightened. And it didn’t help that every single Japanese was very calm, so I thought it was no big deal until much later when the tsunami hit.
Earthquakes have to be one of the weirdest natural disasters. I’ve only been in a ‘tiny’ 5.4 magnitude (+countless aftershocks) and it was an experience I will never forget - so surreal. I understood that the ground moved in an earthquake before, but there is a different level of understanding when you’ve felt the earth betray you en masse like that.
I’ve also been in a couple of tornados, which were also scary af, but in a more normal sort of way. They are amazingly loud and the sandpaper wind is so much more painful than I would have expected.
Interesting— growing up in California, I feel differently. I’ve never seen a tornado before but I think I’d be way more spooked by that than an earthquake. But I’ve been through plenty of earthquakes, including in the middle of the night when they woke me up, so they don’t really phase me. The only scary thing is that, unlike weather, you don’t know they’re coming. But they’re also over pretty quick (usually).