Lessons of major earthquakes decade ago help British man in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Lessons from powerful earthquakes a decade ago helped a British man overcome his initial panic when a magnitude 7.1 quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday.

Andrew Mitchell, a 41-year-old assistant professor of sociology at Kumamoto University, said he was in his apartment when dishes and other items scattered as the quake struck at 4:27 p.m.