大地摇晃的那一下：日本九州7级地震，海啸警报、商场坍塌与几十万人的撤离

On the afternoon of July 28th, the southern Japanese island of Kyushu was violently shaken by a sudden, powerful earthquake.

The magnitude was first measured at 7.1, then revised to 6.8, but to the locals, that world-spinning feeling left no room for doubt.

The epicenter was only about twenty kilometers from Kumamoto, Kyushu's largest city, and the source was shallow, just ten kilometers down, which is why the shaking was so extreme.

After the quake, Japan's weather agency immediately issued a tsunami warning, cautioning that a one-meter wave might hit the coast.

Mercifully, the feared tsunami never truly came; the warning was lifted soon after, and people's racing hearts eased a little.

But the damage on land had already, unmistakably, happened.

In a small town called Kashima, the entire second floor of a large mall caved in, burying some people in the rubble.

As of now, the quake has killed at least two and injured more than ten, with the full toll still being tallied.

Out of fear of aftershocks, hundreds of thousands of residents were told to evacuate to somewhere safe.

Japan sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is one of the most earthquake-prone countries on earth.

From quake-resistant buildings to nationwide drills, they have taken "living with earthquakes" to an extreme.

And yet, no matter how well prepared, every great shudder of the earth reminds everyone: before nature, humans are always small.