User blog comment:Nitram86/chapters 226 delayed for the earthquake??/@comment-1839664-20110315070310

Currently, quite a few manga authors in japan is collaborating to create a doujinshi about the earthquake that happened recently. Among one of the name that caught my attention was Hiro Mashima was listed on there. If this is true (which is likely, as there are quite a few sources for this doujinshi), then that means Mashima is alright.

Sources:
 * Official Site in Japanese
 * One of the news site in Japanese
 * Anime News Network's report.