Earthquake

Eight years have passed since the Great East Earthquake occurred in 2011.
I was still a college student then but I clearly remember how people were in panic on March 11th of that year.
Yesterday, at 2:46 p.m., the exact time when the earthquake struck, we offered a moment of silence for the victims.
I lived far from Tohoku Region so we were spared from any damage.
The live news of tsunami were really horrifying because many houses and commercial establishments were engulfed by the surge of strong ocean waves.
The disaster taught us many valuable lessons. 
We now make sure we have food and water at home for use in case of emergency.
Historically, earthquakes often occur in Japan and experience taught us to be prepared for disasters such as this as well as to be resilient.  
And we need to know that earthquakes can happen at any time in any place without warning.