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Video: Earthquake rocks Japan, tourists in Tokyo’s Disneyland scramble for  cover

Screengrab from the video

An earthquake measuring 6.2 struck on the Richter scale rocked Japan on May 26, according to the country’s NHK media outlet. The tremors rattled buildings in Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures.

A video shared by Jeffrey J Hall on Twitter shows some people walking around Tokyo’s Disneyland Park. Suddenly an earthquake warning is announced on the speaker and the tourists go into a safe position by crouching near the theme park’s sidewalks.

Since being shared, the video has amassed over 1.9 lakh views on the microblogging website.

“‘Attention! Prepare for a strong earthquake!’ – A video from a few minutes ago shows Tokyo Disneyland’s earthquake warning system in action,” reads the caption of the 42-second video.