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Damage situation within Mito city (Day of the earthquake) The Japanese text is followed by an English translation. 地震直後、茨城県・水戸市内の様子を捉えた映像(震災当日: 午後3時ごろ) なお、震災当日、水戸市内の震度は6弱だった。 茨城県庁内の記者クラブでは、ロッカー類が倒れ、書類が散乱し、倒れたラックに引きずられたように、ファクスもあおむけに転がり落ちていた。 午後3時15分ごろ、災害対策本部が設置され、情報収集等に務める県庁の職員たちの動きは、あわただしさを増していた。 屋外にカメラを向ければ、庁舎玄関付近の多くのガラスが破壊され、粉砕された分厚いガラスの破片が山積。 県庁南大通り(県道50号線沿い)に出てみれば、停電のため、信号という信号の灯が消えた状況。大通り沿いの飲食店(「トーマスカフェ」: 水戸市米沢町)では、店のほとんどのガラス戸が倒され、店内に散乱したガラスや食器類が、地震による揺れのすさまじさを物語っていた。 2階から窓が落下したビル、倒壊したプロック塀、大きくはがれ落ちた屋根瓦など、市街地を回るにつれ、徐々に被害の大きさが浮き彫りになる。 信号灯が消えた影響で、道路も、いたるところで渋滞しはじめた。 日没後も停電は回復せず、街は暗闇に包まれる。 夜9時すぎ、偕楽園付近の県道30号線では、渋滞によって車が連なり、常磐線に架かる陸橋付近では、橋の端に大きな亀裂と段差が生じて、通行するのも危険な状況に。速度を落とし、車底をこすりながらも、かろうじて車が通過していくのだった。 Footage: Capture of the situation at Mito city, Ibaraki prefecture immediately after the earthquake. (Day of the earthquake, around 3 p.m.) Lockers had fallen, documents are scattered about and the fax machine lay on the floor belly-up, having been dragged down by collapsing racks at the press club in Ibaraki prefectural office. At about 3:15 p.m., an emergency operations center was set up and employees of the prefectural office worked hastily to collect further information Turning the camera to outside the government office building, most of the glass around the front entrance is destroyed, thick pieces of shattered glass piled mountain high. On the South Ave. adjacent to prefectural offices (Minami Odori = Prefectural road 50), all traffic lights have gone out due to power failure. At a restaurant ("Thomas Café" of Yonezawa town, Mito city) along the main road, most of the glass doors have been knocked down, and pieces of glass or tableware littered about the restaurant testified the tremendous shake the earthquake had brought about. Upon encircling the town, the capacity of the damage gradually becomes apparent through witnessing collapsed block walls and tiles peeling off the rooftops. Due to the power outage of traffic lights, roads have become congested throughout. The power has not recovered even after sunset and the town is enveloped in darkness. At past 9 p.m., on prefectural road 30 near Kairakuen (Japanese garden), cars are aligned bumper to bumper. At the foot of the overpass hanging over Jyoban line, a large crack has formed, creating a difference in level. It is a most dangerous circumstance for passing cars, as they barely make it through, only by slowing down and scratching their bottoms along the way. 地図を見る http://www.fnn-news.com/311/articles/201103110064.html View map http://www.fnn-news.com/en/311/articles/201103110064.html