Lessons of major earthquakes decade ago help British man in Kumamoto

Lessons from powerful earthquakes a decade ago helped a British man overcome his initial panic when a magnitude 7.1 quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday.Andrew Mitchell, a 41-year-old assistant professor of sociology at Kumamoto University, said he was in his apartment when dishes and other items scattered as the quake struck at 4:27 p.m."I had learned from past experience what to do during an earthquake, so although I panicked a bit, I was able to calm myself down and take action," Mitchell said, referring to back-to-back quakes with magnitudes of 6.5 and 7.3 that rattled the area i…READ FULL ARTICLE