they have been out shopping, and the moment the shaking got serious, everybody in the centre, their phone started with the alert, that you can t mute. they crouched down and covered their heads, and had to evacuate as soon as the shaking stopped. you said you had experienced that kind of thing before, did it feel more severe than the previous incident? yes, i have been injapan since 2000, this is by far the worst i have experienced. the tohoku one about 12 years ago and we felt that here as well, and a few years before that there was another in pretty much the same place in wajima, but this is by far the worst i have experienced. how did it feel? how worried where you? i was more worried about my family, really, because i knew i would be ok. i say worried, but i knew they had earthquake training at school. they knew what to do, just get under something, under a table or chair, cover your head if you can t do
main story now. 48 people are now known to have died in monday s earthquake in centraljapan. many more are believed to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, most of them in the port of wajima. if live now to barnie davis who lives in kanazawa injapan with his wife and two daughters and was at home when the quake happened. ta ke take us through what happened to you when the earthquake struck. it was when the earthquake struck. it was about l 10pm when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in the when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in the afternoon. - when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in the afternoon. i i when the earthquake struck. it was l about 4:10pm in the afternoon. i was at home by myself, my wife and daughters were out shopping. recently we had had a few small earthquakes but this one just continued and got bigger and bigger. itjust got bigger and bigger. the fridge door was ban
coming up against these roads that are totally blocked off and even these emergency services here, these rescue teams, have been struggling to reach people in these worst affected areas. so we are still trying to piece together the extent of the damage, and how many people have been killed and injured. some firefighters have managed to get into the wrecked city of wajima, and are searching for survivors. but the death toll is expected to rise. the people here have lived through many an earthquake, but never felt tremors of this magnitude which have shaken both their surroundings and their sense of safety. jean mackenzie, bbc news, in noto peninsula, injapan. earlier i spoke to barnie davis who lives in kanazawa injapan with his wife and two daughters. he was at home when the quake started and described what happened it was about 4.10 in the afternoon, i was at home by myself.