Earthquake!

[Taro Toporific]

nothing like a big good morning quake to start the day!

Boring quake...bad surfing.

NEWS ADVISORY: No fear of tsunami from quake that hit eastern Japan (08:13)
NEWS ADVISORY: Strong quake of intensity lower 5 jolts eastern Japan (08:12)

[dimwit]

Boring quake...bad surfing.

6.3 merely an aftershock of an aftershock. Jeuz, you guys seem to be developing a sang-froid attitude about these quakes.

[AlbertSiegel]

Boring perhaps, but shook the hell out of the house I live in.

[Taro Toporific]

6.3 merely an aftershock of an aftershock. Jeuz, you guys seem to be developing a sang-froid attitude about these quakes.

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Hell, that little quake didn't even wake up Catoneinutica's hound in Chiba.
[INDENT]M6.3 quake jolts Chiba Prefecture, vicinity
TOKYO, April 12, 08:39 Kyodo[/INDENT]

[dimwit]

On an morbidly fascinating but scientifically interesting note, I am curious as to what the connection is between the Pacific quakes and the fairly strong quakes centered on northern Nagano? The northern Nagano quakes do seem to be along the Niigata-Kobe Tectonic Zone and what exactly is going on there, I have no idea.

[Coligny]

On an morbidly fascinating but scientifically interesting note, I am curious as to what the connection is between the Pacific quakes and the fairly strong quakes centered on northern Nagano? The northern Nagano quakes do seem to be along the Niigata-Kobe Tectonic Zone and what exactly is going on there, I have no idea.

Do you haz a moar precise map of this ? looking at it, Nagoya and Toyohashi are not on the same plate, that would explain the huge difference between the big shakes in Nagoya and the "who farted" micro shivers in Toyohashi...

[dimwit]

Do you haz a moar precise map of this ? looking at it, Nagoya and Toyohashi are not on the same plate, that would explain the huge difference between the big shakes in Nagoya and the "who farted" micro shivers in Toyohashi...

Source of the map is here

http://cais.gsi.go.jp/Virtual_GSI/Tectonics/Niigata_Kobe/niigata_kobe.html

[Coligny]

Source of the map is here

http://cais.gsi.go.jp/Virtual_GSI/Tectonics/Niigata_Kobe/niigata_kobe.html

Many Thanks...

BTW guys, you're getting like totally sloppy... No message for the 6.3 at 14:07 ?

Ok by our new upgraded standards it was a milk run but in 90% of the rest of the world there would be 10 thousands of death...

[CrankyBastard]

It woke me up from my afternoon nap.
I turned over and went back to sleep.

[This is a pen]

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[wuchan]

Is it just me or are they becoming more frequent?

[Yokohammer]

Is it just me or are they becoming more frequent?

w-w-w-what are you t-t-t-t-t-talking ab-b-b-b-bout?

[Taro Toporific]

w-w-w-what are you t-t-t-t-t-talking ab-b-b-b-bout?

Damn, that was biggie.

It was Magnitude 6.2 (5 on the fake shindo scale) , centered 70 km deep in [s]Ibaragi[/s]Ibaraki 5.

[Yokohammer]

Damn, that was biggie.

It was Magnitude 6.2 (5 on the fake shindo scale) , centered 70 km deep in Ibaragi 5.

Sort of a slow swaying up here. 5+ somewhere in Ibaraki. And after we'd had a couple of relatively peaceful days, too.

Conclusion: don't relax, yet.

[damn name]

[vanilla coke]

rolled out of bed ,picked up my passport - but by the time i got to the door it was all over....
girlfriend still in bed, looked at me as if to say 'wtf'!!?
guess i shouldve offered to help her out too....

[GomiGirl]

We were having a cuddly family lie in. I was not worried as I was with hubby and son and happy. If I am going to go, then this is how I want it to be.

[Coligny]

Was briefly awaken by the quake alarm at 11:xx am (got one at 23:30 yesterday, barely had the time to run in the stairs to cover the loud speaker so the inlaws were not disturbed... everytime it rings my lifespan shorten dramatically) But even if the map say it shook here, I might have fallen back asleep before the shake reached us... (spend a fascinating night downloading picture of low-loader truck trailers until the wee hours in the morning... i knowz how to party like a Boss on friday night...)

We were having a cuddly family lie in. I was not worried as I was with hubby and son and happy. If I am going to go, then this is how I want it to be.

I'd rather go on a giant fireball after a fiery crash on the racetrack... But probability are 33% chance I will be killed by my own powertools in my workshop, 33% by an electric shock or fire around the house, 33% crushed under my car while checking sumthing that just needed to be left alone... 1% remaining are during my sleep by my old psycho cat...

[FG Lurker]

I'd rather go on a giant fireball after a fiery crash on the racetrack...

Debating buying a GT-R for my next car so there's a decent chance that's how I'm going out! Many worse ways...

[Coligny]

Debating buying a GT-R for my next car so there's a decent chance that's how I'm going out! Many worse ways...

Don't exactly have the reputation of a widowmaker... Now, some peeps even manage to sink a Bugatti Veyron so everything can happen...

(Beware, I think she come with back up cam standard)

[FG Lurker]

Don't exactly have the reputation of a widowmaker... Now, some peeps even manage to sink a Bugatti Veyron so everything can happen...

(Beware, I think she come with back up cam standard)

Any car capable of nearly 300kph has potential to fuck you up...

[Taro Toporific]

Yikes! That was "fun" here in the southern-most slums of Denenchofu!:p

(It was centered in Chiba; I bet Catoneinutica's vicious pitbull, "Nikko," is hiding under the couch.)

[Coligny]

Yikes! That was "fun" here in the southern-most slums of Denenchofu!:p

yeah... another alert... didun't fell anything down dere...

[(1VB)freels]

Felt my first one since pulling back in... good roller!!!

[(1VB)freels]

Where is the best place to see up to date quakes?? I would love to book mark it.

[damn name]

Here's the USGS page for all recent quakes.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php

[omae mona]

I like the info straight from the Japan Meteorological Agency. It's usually up-to-date within 2-3 minutes of a quake. And it gives detailed information with the Japanese "shindo" scale, often listing hundreds of measuring stations, so you can find out exactly how much a particular city was shaking. I find this a lot more informative than sites that report the magnitude.

The main quake page is here. I just discovered there is an English version too. It looks pretty good, though it doesn't seem to have all the updates and detailed information the Japanese version has.

[Christoff]

Here's the USGS page for all recent quakes.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php

I am becoming more and more convinced that japan is going to sink into the ocean within my lifetime.

[Coligny]

Mo' betta:

http://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/

[damn name]

I like the info straight from the Japan Meteorological Agency. It's usually up-to-date within 2-3 minutes of a quake. And it gives detailed information with the Japanese "shindo" scale, often listing hundreds of measuring stations, so you can find out exactly how much a particular city was shaking. I find this a lot more informative than sites that report the magnitude.

The main quake page is here. I just discovered there is an English version too. It looks pretty good, though it doesn't seem to have all the updates and detailed information the Japanese version has.

Yes, the JMA is a good site.