A strong earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan shook homes in Tokyo Sunday and sent items crashing to the floor, but according to reports, damage was limited and municipalities appeared to have been spared the specter of casualties.
“Thank G‑d, we’re all fine,” said Chana Sudakevich, who for the past nine years, has served as co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Japan. “The house really shook, and it was not pleasant. For people we know, things fell out of their closets.”
The Tokyo Chabad House serves an estimated 2,500 Jews in the city and provides programming to Jewish soldiers stationed in three American bases in the area.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Sunday’s magnitude 7.1 temblor was centered at a depth of 188 miles in the Izu islands. The Japan Meteorological Agency measured the quake at 6.9. …
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