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A museum in Beijing, offering a simulation of an earthquake and other disasters, has seen a jump in the number of visitors in the wake of Japan's massive earthquake.

A real earthquake is far more horrifying than this. But visitors to Beijing's China Fire Museum can still get a taste of how it feels to be trapped in a disaster.

The simulation of a 5.0-magnitude earthquake takes place.

Visitors first experience an introductory magnitude-3 quake, before the strength is turned up to five, sending them crouching to the ground in safety positions.

Du Yuxing, university student said "I've never encountered a tsunami or an earthquake, and not everyone has the chance to encounter a fire either. I think that to be given the chance to experience this for yourself in these conditions and under these circumstances, is pretty beneficial."

Another set-up creates a fire in a building.

Twenty-one-year-old university student Gao Qiyi said the experience, though artificial, has given her a better understanding of being caught in a real building fire.

Gao Qiyi, University student said "It's really true that during the escape through the corridor, the experience was very realistic because you discover that looking in front, you only see one or two people at the most, even though you know there's many more involved, and so you actually feel like if you fell farther behind you would be in real danger, or you would be holding up the people behind you."

The museum has seen a record 700 visitors, two days after Japan's magnitude-9 quake and tsunami.

It's only a start for Chinese museums in educating citizens on surviving natural disasters. The earthquakes that recently ravaged the Asia-Pacific region have aroused people's attention on how to cope in these potentially life-threatening scenarios.

The museum, which currently requires visitors to book in advance, is planning to officially open to the public later this year, with an improved version of its current simulator.

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