Earthquake!

[Coligny]

To soak up the rectal bleeding caused by radiation?

Just feeling kinky...

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Or I have guests...

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Your fanfict your choice...

[BigInJapan]

Well, that was fun. We had around M4 here in eastern Fukuoka.
Not as long, or quite as strong as 3/11 when we lived in Yokohama, but definitely the biggest shaker we've experienced here.
Friends in Kumamoto city said they are fine, but still on edge (and probably in need of fresh shorts...).

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Japan Meteorological Agency site with the latest information.

[Russell]

Looks like they come as a series...

[Yokohammer]

After an earthquake that big there will be aftershocks for quite a while.


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[BigInJapan]

After an earthquake that big there will be aftershocks for quite a while.

Just had a second aftershock as I was about to type this.
They are getting smaller each time which is good.

[Yokohammer]

I mean like days and weeks. Take care.


~ Tapatalking ~

[dimwit]

After an earthquake that big there will be aftershocks for quite a while.

Just had a second aftershock as I was about to type this.
They are getting smaller each time which is good.

Felt nothing here. I'm trying to figure out why they are calling this one a shindo 7. The only casualties I've seen so far are a bunch of watermelons, and some badly made cinder block walls.

[Mike Oxlong]

Apparently some old homes are no longer fit for habitation, and the owners are advised to see shelter elsewhere. Just what I hear from friends on the ground locally.

[dimwit]

Apparently some old homes are no longer fit for habitation.

That is assuming that they were before the quake. Ages ago we had a quake of similar magnitude and mostly what is did was convince people that maybe it was time to actually do something about dear dead granny's plywood and cinder block shack.

[Mike Oxlong]

Apparently some old homes are no longer fit for habitation.

That is assuming that they were before the quake. Ages ago we had a quake of similar magnitude and mostly what is did was convince people that maybe it was time to actually do something about dear dead granny's plywood and cinder block shack.

A very good point. I wonder how many are cashing in now when it was long ago a write-off?

[Mock Cockpit]

Just had another 6.4/6+ shindo, fuck that shit.

[kurogane]

Oooook. Shakey shakey earthaquakey!!! I hope everybody is okay. May your mind be as stable as your knees are wobbly.

[matsuki]

Apparently some old homes are no longer fit for habitation.

That is assuming that they were before the quake. Ages ago we had a quake of similar magnitude and mostly what is did was convince people that maybe it was time to actually do something about dear dead granny's plywood and cinder block shack.

A very good point. I wonder how many are cashing in now when it was long ago a write-off?

Has anything, that wasn't a shack, been destroyed? My friend's shop is messed up but not the structure, just the usual J-clutter fest inside collapsed like dominoes.

Gotta love the added drama to all the reports, with reporters unnecessarily wearing their anzen helmets while reporting....while everyone else, including their own crew, are helmet less.

[Coligny]

We needed to have the stupide "derp derp helmet" remark...
From the guy who bareback sidewalk flowers on a daily basis...

[matsuki]

We needed to have the stupide "derp derp helmet" remark...
From the guy who bareback sidewalk flowers on a daily basis...

You got me confused with IPU...barebacking gutter sluts is his specialty.

[yanpa]

After an earthquake that big there will be aftershocks for quite a while.

Just had a second aftershock as I was about to type this.
They are getting smaller each time which is good.

Felt nothing here. I'm trying to figure out why they are calling this one a shindo 7.

Have you had any luck with figuring this out?

[Coligny]

Some people can learn from others experiences. Some need to put their own fingers in the live electric plug...

[matsuki]

Some people can learn from others experiences. Some need to put their own fingers in the live electric plug...

...and the rest wear surgical masks while out and about?

[dimwit]

Felt nothing here. I'm trying to figure out why they are calling this one a shindo 7.

Have you had any luck with figuring this out?

I have. I was curious, so I looked it up. The shindo scale measures ground acceleration not damage. But when it cames down to it, it is a bit of a shifting goalpost. When it was first introduced in the Meiji it measured damage, but with the improvements in seismology they detemined it by measure phenominion.

[legion]

Has anything, that wasn't a shack, been destroyed? My friend's shop is messed up but not the structure, just the usual J-clutter fest inside collapsed like dominoes.

Saw some news footage of what looked like very new houses collapsed in a row, looks like they were top heavy. I guess the fact they were built to modern specs made it newsworthy. Or maybe somebody was skimping on the foundations.

One of the learnings from the Kobe earthquake was old folk tend to live in old houses, and the old houses had heavy ceramic tiles, and they tend to bring the house down when it shakes. Hence there were a higher proportion of elderly casualties in the Kobe quake. So gradually all the lovely old roofs began to disappear and now we have flat synthetic slates.

Shame because the kawara tiles look lovely in the sun after the rain.

[Wage Slave]

Also saw a huge mansion block with an enormous crack from top to bottom. The right hand side of it looked like it had sunk a good half metre or so. What was that about piling data being falsified by a leading contractor to save time?

[Coligny]

Ehm...

Apparently there is near zero option to provide shelter to people... Portashitter... Army cots... Makes Fema response to Katrina looks like a textbook success... Lucky the weather is turning warmer or these people would be up shit creek without a paddle. Pretty sure everyone feels safer that their taxpayer monies went into new helicopter carriers and type 0 MBTs instead of actually needed stuff...

[Takechanpoo]

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according to the article, this crack shows this apartment was built by Expansion Joint.
http://www.j-cast.com/2016/04/15264265.html?p=all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_joint

[Wage Slave]

I think fuse might be a better characterisation but you have a good point. Looks like two structures bridged with a relatively weak structure that will allow each to move independently. Neat.

[Mock Cockpit]

That was fucked, yellow alert for tsunami in Kyushu.

[dimwit]

Okay, I felt that one. Shelves were rattling around here. I wouldn't want to be in Kumamoto for that one.

[FG Lurker]

Yeah, that was rocking & rolling here in Osaka too. Seems it was a 7.1 and only 10km deep. I wonder if that will make yesterday's quakes foreshocks?

[Coligny]

Yahoo's quake list shows 1 quake of at least 3 but up to 6 every 10 minutes since the 1:40 quake.
Povahonta, a comment about them helmets maybe ?

[Coligny]

I think fuse might be a better characterisation but you have a good point. Looks like two structures bridged with a relatively weak structure that will allow each to move independently. Neat.

Come on... From the guy who eorked on offshore plateforms.
Two independant structures linked by a bridge... The only surprise is why not using a metal one on rollers (with answer: corrosion / maintenance cost )

[Yokohammer]

Yeah, that was rocking & rolling here in Osaka too. Seems it was a 7.1 and only 10km deep. I wonder if that will make yesterday's quakes foreshocks?

Apparently so. The meteorological agency is now saying that the initial M6.5 was a foreshock.

Three more confirmed dead, plus three with no heart or lung function (i.e. also dead, just not confirmed so).