中韩迈境公民 - 在震動中 “我以为我要死”

Recently the Mainichi News On-line reported the following:

中朝国境市民、大揺れに「死ぬかと思った」

毎日新聞2017年9月3日 19時54分(最終更新 9月3日 20時17分)

　「こんなに大きく揺れたのは生まれて初めて。死ぬかと思った」。北朝鮮が核実験をした３日、北朝鮮と国境が近い中国吉林省延吉市や遼寧省の瀋陽など広い範囲で市民が強い揺れを感じた。繰り返される実験強行に動揺と怒りの声が広がり、北朝鮮の挑発を止められない中国政府への不満も漏れた。

　３日は北朝鮮と国境を接する吉林省延辺朝鮮族自治州の発足６５周年記念日で、各地で記念イベントや集会が開かれていた。人的被害の情報はないが、住民からは「北朝鮮のせいで記念日が台無しになった」と怒りの声が上がった。

　「職場で仕事をしていたら２度揺れがあった。いずれも８秒から１０秒ぐらいに感じた」。延吉市の女性会社員（３５）は共同通信の取材に対し、強い揺れがあったと明かした。「窓際に置いてあった花瓶が揺れで落ちて割れた」「１分近く揺れた」との証言も相次ぐ。

　延吉市の住民は短文投稿サイト「微博」に「政府は北朝鮮を管理できないのか」と投稿し、中国政府への不満を漏らした。

　中国地震局が地盤崩落による地震波を探知したと発表したことから「実験場の坑道付近の地盤があらわになり、放射性物質が漏れ出ている可能性もある」（中国紙記者）との臆測も出ており、北朝鮮への批判の声がさらに強まりそうだ。(共同)

My translation

"It was the first time since I was born that I was swayed so strongly, I thought I was going to die." On the third North Korea conducted a nuclear test, the citizens felt a strong shake in a wide area such as Yanji city in Jilin Province and Shenyang city in Liaoning Province of China that were close to the border of North Korea. The voice of fluctuation and anger spread toward the repeated unwelcome experiments and it exposed the dissatisfaction with the Chinese government in unable to stop North Korea's provocation.

On the third, commemorative events and gatherings were held in various places for the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province which bordered with North Korea. There was no information on human injury, but from the inhabitants, angry voices saying that the "Anniversary has been ruined due to North Korea" were expressed.

"When I was working at my workplace I felt a shake twice, both lasted around 8 seconds to 10 seconds." A Yanji city female company worker (35) revealed that there was a strong shake when she responded to the interview by Kyodo News.  There were a series of testimonies expressing that "The vase on the window was shaken to the floor and crashed," "It shook nearly for one minute."

Some residents of Yanji city posted a message at the short-message posting site, the "Weibo" to ask “Is the government unable to manage North Korea?" to express their dissatisfaction with the Chinese government.

Based on the Chinese earthquake official announcement that a seismic wave due to the collapse of the ground was detected, (Chinese newspaper reporters) had come out to speculate that "the ground near the tunnel of the experiment site is exposed and there is a possibility of radioactive substances leaking out". It seemed that the voice of criticism against North Korea was likely to further strengthen.

   It is interesting to note the response of the local people inside China.