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This was true in Japan after the Tohoku quake as well. The main demographic of foreigners that stayed behind with the locals in my social group were Brits (and Irish). My American/Canadian/Anitpodean friends were extremely vulnerable to baseless rumour mongering among the expat community...

When we had the big tsunami quake I was lucky that I was working walking distance from the shared house I was staying in (with 2 other Brits and an Irishman). Quake hit at just before 3pm. We were all in the local bar by 5 watching the news footage on the TV. It didn't really hit home til I saw...