Big Earthquake in Tokyo, Small Japan

Today something happened that was unusual in the sense because it was something I never experienced before. An Earthquake. Sure, I experienced one during the Kunigawa new student orientation, but nothing is more different (and kind of scary) experiencing one in one's own home. It was going on midnight to Thursday (and getting back to staying up late on days I don't have school) when I felt some small tremors. Normally, it's my heartbeat or me rocking in my chair that makes me think that there's an earthquake, but I know I can always check the string pull on my room's lamp to see if it is twitching. Chances are, if it is, I know there's an earthquake, even if I couldn't directly feel it. But, the tremors kept getting more violent and stronger, but would eventually stop. However, around the time I decided to go to bed (around 2AM) a strong 5.0 on the JMA's earthquake scale was felt in my room. I wasn't really asleep yet, but when strong vibrations where felt in my room I got dressed as quickly as I could and got up and ran for the door to hide in the doorframe. In Indiana, which is a place that RARELY gets earthqukes, I remember well when we had earthquake drills in elementary school. At the time, I thought "why the hell do we practice for an earthquake when we don't even get them in the first place?". But, now, if you ever move to a place that has them, you have something to use.