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  No Ordinary Quake

  

  By mightysneidy, Tokyo, Japan

  My name is Abby, I am 16, and I was there on March 11, 2011, when the 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. It was a typical Friday afternoon. I sat in Biology class staring at the clock, watching each minute tick by, waiting for 3:05, the end of last period. I was in the home stretch. The school d...