Earthquake!

[Mini_B]

It was a kind of side to side movement. I almost has a heart attack. I think I have to move out of Japan because I can't stand earthquakes. I have a phobia of being burried alive in rubble and suffocating after three days of being pinned in a terribly awkward position. If I knew I would die instantly I would be a different story.

[gomichild]

Here in Kanagawa it was a lot of different sideways movements. Went for a looong time.

Earthquakes freak me out too (just read my blog for evidence - I blog almost each one). However life is unpredictable. Could be an earthquake or crossing the road or a dish of mochi which finishes you off. Live each day as it comes and have a bloody good time while you can is the best philosophy I can offer.

[gkanai]

2005/06/19 16:15 M 6.1 EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Z= 49km 35.59N 140.46E

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National Earthquake Information Center.

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN has occurred at:
35.59N 140.46E Depth 49km Sun Jun 19 16:15:15 2005 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sun Jun 19 16:15:15 2005
Time Near Epicenter Mon Jun 20 01:15:15 2005
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Sun Jun 19 12:15:15 2005
Central Daylight Time (CDT) Sun Jun 19 11:15:15 2005
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Sun Jun 19 10:15:15 2005
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Sun Jun 19 09:15:15 2005
Alaska Daylight Time (ADT) Sun Jun 19 08:15:15 2005
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Sun Jun 19 06:15:15 2005

Location with respect to nearby cities:
65 km (40 miles) E of TOKYO, Japan (pop 7,967,000)
85 km (55 miles) S of Mito, Honshu, Japan (pop 246,000)
155 km (95 miles) SE of Maebashi, Honshu, Japan (pop 284,000)
170 km (105 miles) SSW of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan

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Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 228

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[Taro Toporific]

Bloody weird shaking movement though.
PS Taro you had a decent bath yet dirty boy?

That was a fun dreamtime. I half slept thought it when the nubile night nurse came in to check on me. She had her hand under my covers taking my pulse when I woke up. Wo0t! I thought I'd scored.
Oh and so far my as my bathing, it hasn't been "decent" yet.

[Blah Pete]

6.1 on the Richter scale!!
Whooo hooo that was a good shaker.
Right in the middle of the Japan vs. Greece soccer game.
Was one of the longest earthquakes I have felt in Japan.

BTW, how come there are hardly any aftershocks in Japan?
I grew up in California and after any good size earthquake like this there are usually aftershocks. Any geologists out there?

[gomichild]

I don't think it was big enough to have aftershocks. Wait for a 5 then you'll have em.

(ie remember Niigata last year?)

[Taro Toporific]

(ie remember Niigata last year?)

Remember?

Fresh off the Java news ticker of http://home.kyodo.co.jp/

[Blah Pete]

(ie remember Niigata last year?)

Ahh, I forgot. I was in Korea for a month getting slapped around by customers and didn't really check any J-news.

[fatslug]

u fuckers feel the big ass earthquake in tokyo last night ??? shook the fuck outta me nuts !

[oyajikun]

u fuckers feel the big ass earthquake in tokyo last night ??? shook the fuck outta me nuts !

I slept right through it... I do every time..

[katakori]

technically, it's not "fuckers" but "fucked ones".

and also, what do you think they have been talking about for the last 20 posts....? :P

actually, i didn't feel like it was a big one last night. perhaps shibuya wasn't touched that much (which could be reassuring in some ways), or just i got USED TO THEM???

[GomiGirl]

My cat was scared more than me... she jumped up and hit a wall. Then was literally shaking poor darling.

[GuyJean]

Whoa! Big one in Tama! I actually ran for cover.. Some pictures fell..

GJ

[Caustic Saint]

Whoo-hoo!!

[GuyJean]

Whoa! Big one in Tama! I actually ran for cover.. Some pictures fell..

GJ

Whoo-hoo!!

Nice little aftershocks too.. I guess the epicenter was in Chiba.. They're saying a 5.7..

GJ

[gomichild]

Well a nice "Welcome back to Japan" for me after a week in Singapore...

[Pencilslave]

Well a nice "Welcome back to Japan" for me after a week in Singapore...

I've often times said I'd rather deal with earthquakes then tornadoes.
(I live in Alabama.) While big destructive quakes in Japan are somewhat infrequent, in Alabama every spring it's like Gojira and the entire cast of Destroy All Monsters drops out of the sky for a visit. (We've even had Tornados in November down here!)

After reading about how frequent the quakes have been lately, I'm not so sure of my previous opinion.

How do you guys get used to all the shakin' and quakin'?

[tidbits]

It was scarry..I was in parked car and the whole car was like shaking for probably more than 1 minutes. I was in China Tokyo bay area.

[American Oyaji]

[strine]Mate, I just grabbed me favorite sheila and used the commotion for some extra motion, ya[/strine]

[AssKissinger]

Well a nice "Welcome back to Japan" for me after a week in Singapore...

I've often times said I'd rather deal with earthquakes then tornadoes.
(I live in Alabama.) While big destructive quakes in Japan are somewhat infrequent, in Alabama every spring it's like Gojira and the entire cast of Destroy All Monsters drops out of the sky for a visit. (We've even had Tornados in November down here!)

After reading about how frequent the quakes have been lately, I'm not so sure of my previous opinion.

How do you guys get used to all the shakin' and quakin'?

It's all scary but at least meteorologists have some kind of idea when tornadoes are gonna form up. Earthquakes just happen when the fuck ever. For me I don't get used to it at all and practically poop my drawers over even the smallest tremor. I've also developed a kind of paranoia where I feel phantom earthquakes from time to time. Those scare me almost as much as the real ones.

[amdg]

I've also developed a kind of paranoia where I feel phantom earthquakes from time to time.

Yeah I get that too, sometimes I could have sworn it was a quake. I got tired of not knowing so I constructed a little pendulum near my bed - now I can just look over and check.

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Was walking at the time so didn't really notice it until I looked at the power lines swaying and then noticed the poles swaying.
Of course this idiot was thinking 'wind isn't that strong'. Click! quake!

[AssKissinger]

Whoo-hoo!!

Guess it takes an act of God to get you to post these days

[Taro Toporific]

I've just come back from "Star Wars" which is playing at MyCal/Warner Theaters. I thought the sound effects of the space battle scenes at the beginning of the movie were amazing. Then I realized we were having an 5.7 on the Richter scale earthquake, meh.

[Blah Pete]

So I suspect Blinky Ishihara was peering out his window
with one hand on the trigger of his .45 just waiting for looting/rioting foreigners.

[Taro Toporific]

Damn, I was having Tex-mex on the 28th floor of Yokohama Sky Bldg. and didn't feel a thing----Must be getting pretty blase' about mere 4.3 M quakes.


Earthquake shakes eastern Japan; no reports of casualties, damage
07.24.2005, 07:01 AM / AFX News Limited
TOKYO (AFX) - A moderate earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook eastern Japan today, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The quake occurred at 6.13 pm (0913 GMT) with its focus 70 kilometers below the sea off Chiba prefecture, 50 kilometers east of Tokyo, said the agency.
There were no reports of injuries or property damage.

[karekora]

felt zero in nakano. and im usually good at feeling earthquakes. even phantom ones.

but, would nakano or yokohama feel it though??

it was located in eastern tokyo, so would have been weaker near us.

[Taro Toporific]

Whoo-hoo!!

Guess it takes an act of God to get you to post these days

Here it comes again!

[GuyJean]

Whoo-hoo!!

Guess it takes an act of God to get you to post these days

Here is comes again!

Somebody told me there's going to be a big one tomorrow... Hm..

GJ

[Mini_B]

We felt one in Ikebukuro!! Shook a little but nothing like the one the other day!