Another earthquake warning by pheasants

This morning there was an earthquake. I did not notice it myself, but the pheasants did. I was on my bicycle out in the fields when it occured.

It is not their mating season, so I was highly surprised to hear them cry out in panic for as long as they did. Unlike the previous earthquake where I heard them scream (December 7, 2012), this was a very long lasting screaming, for well over a minute. I immediately checked the power lines for swaying, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. Being a rainy day, there were no farmers out in the fields or other people walking around to verify if they were experiencing an earthquake. I thought it must be something else that had startled them. I was wrong.

There had been an earthquake, magnitude 6.9, but only shindou 3 in our area. Apparently it was very long lasting, coming from such a depth (400 km). The pheasants have proved accurate earthquake alarms once again, even if shindou 3 is not noticeable on a bicycle.